Case Name: Elliot KAPLAN, et al., Appellants, v. Gareth JOHNSON, M.D., et al., Respondents
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-08-07
Citations: 384 S.W.3d 711
Docket Number: Nos. WD 74369, WD 74392
Parties: Elliot KAPLAN, et al., Appellants, v. Gareth JOHNSON, M.D., et al., Respondents.
Judges: Before Division Two: VICTOR C. HOWARD, Presiding Judge, KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 384
Pages: 711–712

Head Matter:
Elliot KAPLAN, et al., Appellants, v. Gareth JOHNSON, M.D., et al., Respondents.
Nos. WD 74369, WD 74392.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Aug. 7, 2012.
Application for Transfer to Supreme Court Denied Oct. 2, 2012.
Application for Transfer Denied Dec. 18, 2012.
James F.B. Daniels, for Appellants.
Larry L. McMullen, for Respondents.
Before Division Two: VICTOR C. HOWARD, Presiding Judge, KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Elliot and Jeanne Kaplan appeal from the judgment of the trial court in favor of Gareth Johnson, M.D., and Midwest Pathology Associates, LLC, following a jury trial on their claims for medical malpractice and loss of consortium. On appeal, they claim that the trial court erred in refusing the verdict director allegedly proffered by them. They also claim that the trial court abused its discretion in preventing them from cross-examining the defendants' expert witness regarding claims asserted in a pending qui tam complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Because a published opinion would have no precedential value, a memorandum has been provided to the parties. The judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).