{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jennifer-ferrill-and-pete-ferrill","displayName":"Jennifer Ferrill and Pete Ferrill","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed107371:2019-05-28","opinionId":"ccb9beff-71bb-5edc-810a-69833295e921","slug":"jennifer-ferrill-and-pete-ferrill-appellants-v-patrick-yeung-jr-md-et-al-107371","caseName":"Jennifer Ferrill and Pete Ferrill, Appellants, vs. Patrick Yeung, Jr., M.D., et al., Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED107371","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2019-05-28","year":2019,"display_summary":"Jennifer and Pete Ferrill appealed the dismissal of their medical malpractice suit, which was their third filing after two previous dismissals. The trial court found the third filing time-barred under Missouri's statute of limitations and savings statute. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the savings statute provides only a single one-year period for refiling after a nonsuit, and subsequent nonsuits do not create new grace periods.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","other"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=140676","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/jennifer-ferrill-and-pete-ferrill-appellants-v-patrick-yeung-jr-md-et-al-107371","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}