Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Collins v. Roldan
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 2009No. WD 70350PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALOK AHUJA, Judge.
Relator John W. Collins, M.D., asks us to issue a writ requiring the cireuit court to compel the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action to execute the medical authorization form which Collins had tendered to plaintiff. We issued a preliminary writ of prohibition on December 11, 2008. Having concluded that decisions of the Missouri Supreme Court foreclose the relief Collins seeks, we now quash our preliminary writ.
Factual Background
On May 23, 2008, Carli Smith, by her mother (Sherri Smith) as next friend, filed a medical malpractice action against three doctors, including…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brandt v. PelicanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Brandt v. Medical Defense AssociatesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- State Ex Rel. Woytus v. RyanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
- STATE EX REL. MARIANIST PROVINCE OF UNITED STATES v. RossSupreme Court of Missouri · 2008
- State Ex Rel. Stecher v. DowdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1995
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Proctor v. MessinaSupreme Court of Missouri · 2010
- Beaty v. St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas CityMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
- State Ex Rel. Collins v. RoldanMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009