Determining that plaintiff's allegations of assault in a “closely supervised and tightly regulated prison environment” warranted discovery into whether “discretionary decisions of the type not grounded in the policy of the regulatory regime” were made by BOP employees
In Mello v. Giliberto, 73 S.W.3d 669 (Mo.App. 2002), the plaintiff appealed from the trial court's judgment dismissing her medical malpractice claims for failure to file a health care affidavit.
Holding that section 538.225 “is clear and unambiguous” that if “a statutorily adequate health care affidavit has not been timely filed, the trial court must dismiss the complaint without prejudice”
Holding that “[t]he plain and ordinary meaning [of § 538.225 ] is that if ... a statutorily adequate health care affidavit has not been timely filed, the trial court must dismiss the complaint without prejudice”
Holding the filing of an amended complaint in which the plaintiff abandoned his initial, unexhausted medical malpractice claim and asserted only a new exhausted premises liability claim constituted the commencement of an entirely new action
Acknowledging that analysis in Budding was based in part on understanding that legislature “intended to impose specific limitations on the traditional tort causes of action available against a health care provider,” and that statute limited such causes of action by requiring that “cause of action be dependent upon an affidavit ... of failure to exercise reasonable care” (quoting Budding, 19 S.W.3d at 680 )