Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Shelton v. Mummert
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided June 21, 1994No. 76353PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Judge.
Relator Kevin Shelton filed a petition for a writ of prohibition arguing that venue was not proper in the City of St. Louis. The Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held that plaintiffs’ joinder of their underinsured motorist carrier was pretensive. The court of appeals, therefore, issued a writ of prohibition and ordered that the case be transferred to Miller County. We quash the preliminary writ of prohibition and order that a writ of mandamus issue directing the case be transferred to Miller County.
FACTS
On July 7,1992, Drucilla Nugent and Kevin Shelton were involved in an…
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