The Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a decision of the trial court, preventing the family of Ethel Denton from refiling a wrongful death suit. The decision, in Denton v. Soonattrukal, clarifies Missouri law and provides that any member of a wrongful death “class” can refile a wrongful death case within the one year savings statute, even if dismissed by another member of the “class”.
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