Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / May 28, 2019
Jennifer Ferrill and Pete Ferrill, Appellants, vs. Patrick Yeung, Jr., M.D., et al., Respondents.
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.