Welch v. Contreras

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Judge.

Ms. Kory A. Welch appeals a circuit court judgment dismissing her case with prejudice, claiming that she neither improperly split her cause of action nor violated the pending action doctrine or section 509.290.1(8), 1 because the parties to her Missouri action were not the same parties to a similar action previously filed in Kansas. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

In January 2003 Ms. Welch filed an action in a Kansas state court against Mr. Eli Contreras, Producers Mortgage Corporation (PMC), John Doe(s) 1-5, and a number of other defendants. The case was removed…