State of Missouri ex rel. Bob T. Beisly II, Relator v. The Honorable Timothy Perigo

I concur in the dissenting opinion of the Honorable Mary Russell. I write separately to explain regretfully that today the Supreme Court of Missouri has issued conflicting opinions and my view of how this could have and should have been avoided.

This Court granted transfer of State of Missouri ex rel. Bob T. Beisly II, v. The Honorable Timothy Perigo and Sally Bo-land, et al. v. Saint Luke’s Health System, Inc., et al. on the same date.1 Rule 83.04. Boland involves a direct appeal, and Beisly involves a petition seeking a writ of prohibition, but the legal issues regarding the wrongful death…