State ex rel. Vaughn v. Koehr

CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.

Relator, Bonnie Jill Vaughn, filed a medical malpractice action in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. Named as defendants were Doerhoff Surgical Services, P.C., Jefferson City Bone and Joint Clinic, Inc., and SSM Healthcare d/b/a St. Mary’s Health Center of Jefferson City, Missouri (SSM). SSM filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that venue was not proper in the City of St. Louis. Specifically, SSM argued that as a not-for-profit corporation the corporate venue statute, § 508.040 RSMo. 1986, did not apply and venue was proper only where SSM maintains its…