Brown v. Kneibert Clinic

CRIST, Judge.

Plaintiff, Donnie Brown, appeals the trial court’s reduction of his $156,500 verdict against Kneibert Clinic by the amount of his prior settlement for the same injury, pursuant to § 537.060, RSMo 1986. We affirm.

Brown originally brought suit against Bos7 ton Scientific Corporation (Boston Scientific); Dr. E.T. Hansbrough, M.D.; and Kneibert Clinic (Clinic) for injuries caused to his colon and bowel. Dr. Hansbrough practices medicine as a partner in the Clinic. Brown went to the Clinic on August 3, 1990, for a routine medical examination. Dr. Kenneth Li, another partner at the…