Legal Opinion

Dorris v. McClanahan

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 17, 1987No. 68502PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HIGGINS, Chief Justice.

Gary Dorris, a Missouri resident, appeals a verdict directed against him at the close of his case in his suit for damages suffered in an automobile collision in Illinois. The trial court ruled that because the Illinois statute of limitations applicable to personal injury would have barred plaintiff’s suit in Illinois, section 516.190 RSMo 1986, the borrowing statute, barred plaintiff’s suit in Missouri. The court of appeals affirmed the directed verdict, and this Court transferred the case to determine the effect, if any, of the recent case of Strahler v. St. Luke’s…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. DixonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  2. Strahler v. St. Luke's HospitalSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  3. State Ex Rel. Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children v. GaertnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  4. Renfroe v. Eli Lilly & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  5. Schnabel v. Taft Broadcasting Company, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1975

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Brownell Combs, Ii, Administrator C.T.A. Of the Estate of Leslie Combs, Ii, Deceased v. International Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  2. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1992
  3. Linda S. Nettles v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  4. Finnegan v. Squire Publishers, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Master Mortgage Investment Fund, Inc. v. American National Fire Insurance (In Re Master Mortgage Investment Fund, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Missouri · 1993

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