Lowe v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

BLACKMAR, Judge.

We now answer a previously unanswered question precipitated by this Court’s epo-*892chai decision in Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Whitehead & Kales, 566 S.W.2d 466 (Mo. banc 1978), in which we abolished the long-established rule that a joint tort-feasor had no right to contribution from another joint tort-feasor, except when a joint judgment has been rendered. Prior to that decision a plaintiff had the unqualified right to sue one, some, or all persons who may have contributed to an injury. Those who were sued had no basis for complaint that others equally or more at fault were…