Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Piper
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 1976No. KCD 27324PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff, Champ W. Rogers, filed suit against Drs. Piper, Peril and Garner, and St. Joseph Hospital for alleged negligence in the treatment of injuries Rogers had received in an automobile accident. The court granted a summary judgment on behalf of all defendants on the basis that Rogers had received full satisfaction for all of his injuries from Lemmons, the other party to the accident.
On this appeal Rogers claims: (1) the physicians did not plead the affirmative defense of release; (2) the court erred as a matter of law in granting summary judgment because the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Liberty v. JA Tobin Construction Co., Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Parkell v. FitzporterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1923
- Hanson v. NortonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- State Ex Rel. Blond v. StubbsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
- McQueen ex rel. Wiley v. HumphreySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
3Cited by9 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Normandy Orthopedics, Inc. v. CrandallSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Grand Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1982
- Swope v. General Motors Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1978
- Arthur v. Evangelical Deaconess Society of City of St. Louis, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Greenstreet v. RupertMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
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