{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"joanne-knight","displayName":"Joanne Knight","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed112826:2025-02-18","opinionId":"cf1b6a3e-fef0-5b9e-ac40-a45c93419c83","slug":"joanne-knight-appellant-v-huilin-li-md-sam-bishara-md-and-st-louis-cardio-112826","caseName":"Joanne Knight, Appellant, v. Huilin Li, M.D., Sam Bishara, M.D., and St. Louis Cardiology Consultants, Ltd., Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED112826","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2025-02-18","year":2025,"display_summary":"Appellant Joanne Knight filed a wrongful death claim against Dr. Huilin Li, Dr. Sam Bishara, and St. Louis Cardiology Consultants, Ltd. (SLCC) following her husband's death from cardiac arrest. The trial court granted summary judgment for all respondents, striking Knight's expert witness against Dr. Li and finding no physician-patient relationship with Dr. Bishara and SLCC. The appellate court reversed and remanded, holding that the trial court abused its discretion in striking the expert and that material questions of fact remained regarding the physician-patient relationship.","primaryTopic":"personal-injury","topicSlugs":["personal-injury","evidence","summary-judgment","wrongful-death","negligence"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=217577","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/joanne-knight-appellant-v-huilin-li-md-sam-bishara-md-and-st-louis-cardio-112826","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: personal-injury","topic: negligence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"wrongful-death","label":"Wrongful Death","href":"/practice-areas/wrongful-death","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: wrongful-death"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/wrongful-death"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: summary-judgment","topic: evidence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}