Legal Opinion
Hagen v. Rapid American Corp.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 22, 1990No. 56858PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL R. GAERTNER, Judge.
The posture in which this appeal is presented to us is indeed extraordinary. The complexity of the facts disclosed by the underlying litigation is exceeded only by the jurisdictional problems generated, in part, by the procedures adopted by the parties in the court below.
Plaintiffs are the husband and children of decedent, Gloria Hagen. In 1982, plaintiffs filed a wrongful death action after Gloria’s death from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by asbestos. Plaintiffs' petition named eighteen defendants— including Rapid American Corporation— alleging that…
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