Stockmann v. Frank

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs, Dolores and Greg Stockmann, appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing with prejudice their cause of action for legal malpractice against attorney Joseph Frank as a sanction for plaintiffs’ violation of the trial court’s order compelling plaintiff to appear for Rule 60.01 independent medical examination (IME). We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On June 16, 2006 plaintiffs filed a Second Amended Petition against defendant Joseph Frank in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Cause No. 05401212. Mrs. Stockmann sought…