{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"stephanie-clark","displayName":"Stephanie Clark","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed110638:2023-03-07","opinionId":"a5faed79-2142-5eca-8c00-316ced45f74d","slug":"stephanie-clark-appellant-v-ssm-healthcare-st-louis-dba-ssm-health-st-jos-110638","caseName":"Stephanie Clark, Appellant, vs. SSM Healthcare St. Louis, d/b/a SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital, Wentzville, Dawn Holemon, M.D., Lee M. Freund, D.O., and St. Charles Emergency Group, LLC., Respondents.","caseNumber":"ED110638","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2023-03-07","year":2023,"display_summary":"Stephanie Clark sued SSM Healthcare St. Louis and other medical providers for medical negligence and wrongful death after her fourteen-year-old daughter, D.G., committed suicide following discharge from the hospital. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants on three grounds: causation, statutory immunity, and a claim for aggravating circumstances damages. The appellate court reversed on all three bases, finding that the trial court misconstrued Missouri law on causation in wrongful death cases, erroneously applied a statutory immunity provision, and used the wrong version of the statute for aggravating circumstances damages.","primaryTopic":"wrongful-death","topicSlugs":["wrongful-death","negligence","summary-judgment","governmental-immunity","civil-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"unknown","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=193099","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/stephanie-clark-appellant-v-ssm-healthcare-st-louis-dba-ssm-health-st-jos-110638","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: negligence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"wrongful-death","label":"Wrongful Death","href":"/practice-areas/wrongful-death","score":16,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: wrongful-death","text: 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: civil-procedure","topic: summary-judgment"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"appellant"}]}