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MO Rev Stat § 490.715 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 490 - Evidence|Section 490.715 - Collateral source rule and payments rendered prior to trial, admissibility of evidence — effect on special damages — evidence of actual cost of medical care or treatment permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2017, 2 histories   490.715. Collateral source rule and payments rendered prior to trial, admissibility of evidence — effect on special damages — evidence of actual cost of medical care or treatment permitted. — 1. No evidence of collateral sources, or payments rendered under subsection 2 of this section, shall be admissible other than such evidence provided for in this section.  2. If prior to trial a defendant or his or her insurer or authorized representative, or any combination of them, pays all or any part of a plaintiff's special damages, then any portion of a plaintiff's claims for special damages that are satisfied by a payment from a defendant or the defendant's insurer or authorized representative, or any combination of them, are not recoverable from that defendant.  3. If such payments described in subsection 2 of this section are included in a plaintiff's claim for special damages at trial, the defendant who made the payment, or on whose behalf the payment was made, shall be entitled to deduct and receive a credit for such payments from any judgment as provided for in section 490.710.  4. This section does not require the exclusion of evidence admissible for another proper purpose.  5. (1) Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, parties may introduce evidence of the actual cost of the medical care or treatment rendered to a plaintiff or a patient whose care is at issue. Actual cost of the medical care or treatment shall be reasonable, necessary, and a proximate result of the negligence or fault of any party.  (2) For purposes of this subsection, the phrase "actual cost of the medical care or treatment" shall be defined as a sum of money not to exceed the dollar amounts paid by or on behalf of a plaintiff or a patient whose care is at issue plus any remaining dollar amount necessary to satisfy the financial obligation for medical care or treatment by a health care provider after adjustment for any contractual discounts, price reduction, or write-off by any person or entity. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 700 § 38, A.L. 2005 H.B. 393, A.L. 2017 S.B. 31) CROSS REFERENCE:  Applicability of statute changes to cases filed after August 28, 2005, 538.305
MO Rev Stat § 490.720 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 490 - Evidence|Section 490.720 - Definitions, admissibility of TDD, TTY, or TT communications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   490.720. Definitions, admissibility of TDD, TTY, or TT communications. — As used in this section and section 490.722, the following terms mean:  (1) "Duplicate", a counterpart, produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent techniques which accurately reproduce the original;  (2) "Original", a writing or recording or any counterpart of the writing or recording intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An original of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight, shown to reflect the data accurately, is an original;  (3) "Photographs", still photographs, x-ray films, video tapes, and motion pictures;  (4) "Writings" and "recordings", letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation; and  (5) "TDD", "TTY", or "TT", any auxiliary aids or services consisting of assistive listening or transcription systems which allow the reception or transmission of aurally delivered communication and materials for the benefit of individuals with hearing, speech, or physical impairments. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 135 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 490.722 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 490 - Evidence|Section 490.722 - Admissibility of communication through TDD, TTY, or TT.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   490.722. Admissibility of communication through TDD, TTY, or TT. — The contents, writings, or tapes resulting from any communication, directly or indirectly, through TDD, TTY, or TT are inadmissible as evidence of those communications or the specific contents of the communication thereof in any court of law, legal proceeding, or administrative hearing, unless such communication could have been introduced into evidence had it occurred without the use of such auxiliary aids. This section shall not preclude the interception of wire communications pursuant to a lawful court order. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 135 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 490.733 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 490 - Evidence|Section 490.733 - Hazardous materials, defined, admission of samples into evidence, when — photos, videotapes or lab reports deemed competent evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   490.733. Hazardous materials, defined, admission of samples into evidence, when — photos, videotapes or lab reports deemed competent evidence. — 1. As used in this section, the term "hazardous materials" means any substance which is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety and property. It shall include any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue as defined in section 195.010 or any substance which by its nature is explosive, flammable, corrosive, poisonous, radioactive, a biological hazard or a material which may cause spontaneous combustion. It shall include, but not be limited to, substances listed in the Table of Hazardous Materials contained in the Code of Federal Regulations-Title 49 and the National Fire Protection Association's Fire Protection Guide on Hazardous Materials.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 575.100 and with the approval of the affected court, any law enforcement officer who seizes hazardous materials as evidence related to a criminal investigation may collect representative samples of such hazardous materials, and destroy or dispose of, or direct another person to destroy or dispose of the remaining quantity of such hazardous materials.  3. In any prosecution, representative samples of hazardous materials accompanied by photographs, videotapes, laboratory analysis reports or other means used to verify and document the identity and quantity of the material shall be deemed competent evidence of such hazardous materials and shall be admissible in any proceeding, hearing or trial as if such materials had been introduced as evidence.  4. In any prosecution for violation of chapter 195 in which the weight or quantity of a controlled substance is an element of the offense, the weight or quantity of the controlled substance necessary to prove the element of the offense shall be held as evidence; except that, any amount of controlled substance in excess of that which is necessary to prove the offense may be destroyed at the direction of the seizing law enforcement officer. Photographs, videotapes and laboratory analysis reports shall be admissible in any proceeding, hearing or trial as if such excess amount of controlled substances had been introduced as evidence. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 931 § 490.730)
MO Rev Stat § 491.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.010 - Witness's interest does not disqualify — exception — statements of deceased persons and incompetents and other parties to the transaction — abrogation of deadman statute.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   491.010. Witness's interest does not disqualify — exception — statements of deceased persons and incompetents and other parties to the transaction — abrogation of deadman statute. — 1. No person shall be disqualified as a witness in any civil suit or proceeding at law or in equity, by reason of his interest in the event of the same as a party or otherwise, but such interest may be shown for the purpose of affecting his credibility.  2. In any such suit, proceeding or probate matter, where one of the parties to the contract, transaction, occurrence or cause of action, or his agent in such matter, is dead or is shown to be incompetent, and the adverse party or his agent testifies with respect thereto, then any relevant statement or statements made by the deceased party or agent or by the incompetent prior to his incompetency, shall not be excluded as hearsay, provided that in trials before a jury, the trial judge shall first determine by voir dire examination out of the hearing of the jury that the declarant would have been a competent witness and that his alleged statement or statements would have been admissible in evidence if he were available to testify.  3. The provisions of this section shall apply to all trials commenced after September 28, 1985. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1887, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1723; 1919 § 5410; 1909 § 6354
MO Rev Stat § 491.016 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.016 - Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   491.016. Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when. — 1. A statement made by a witness that is not otherwise admissible is admissible in evidence in a criminal proceeding as substantive evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted if, after a hearing, the court finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that:  (1) The defendant engaged in or acquiesced to wrongdoing with the purpose of causing the unavailability of the witness;  (2) The wrongdoing in which the defendant engaged or acquiesced has caused or substantially contributed to cause the unavailability of the witness;  (3) The state exercised due diligence to secure by subpoena or other means the attendance of the witness at the proceeding, or the witness is unavailable because the defendant caused or acquiesced in the death of the witness; and  (4) The witness fails to appear at the proceeding.  2. In a jury trial, the hearing and finding to determine the admissibility of the statement shall be held and found outside the presence of the jury and before the case is submitted to the jury. ­­-------- (L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
MO Rev Stat § 491.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.030 - Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.030. Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases. — Any party to any civil action or proceeding may compel any adverse party, or any person for whose immediate and adverse benefit such action or proceeding is instituted, prosecuted or defended, to testify as a witness in his behalf, in the same manner and subject to the same rules as other witnesses; provided, that the party so called to testify may be examined by the opposite party, under the rules applicable to the cross-examination of witnesses. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1889)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1725; 1919 § 5412; 1909 § 6356  (1969) Held, the exception to the rule that a party may not impeach his own witness exists where the witness is confronted with his own prior inconsistent statement. Wells v. Gofort (Mo. Banc), 443 S.W.2d 155. (1976) Held, where plaintiff called defendant as his witness he is not bound by his testimony unless it is the only testimony in the case on that point. Lamb v. Heiligers (A.), 532 S.W.2d 820.
MO Rev Stat § 491.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.040 - Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.040. Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed. — Nothing in sections 491.010 and 491.030 shall in any manner affect the law relating to the attestation of the execution of last wills and testaments, or of any other instrument required by law to be attested, nor shall they be so construed as to compel any person to subject himself, by his testimony, to any prosecution for a criminal offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1890)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1726; 1919 § 5413; 1909 § 6357
MO Rev Stat § 491.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.070 - Cross-examination of witnesses — scope.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.070. Cross-examination of witnesses — scope. — A party to a cause, civil or criminal, against whom a witness has been called and given some evidence, shall be entitled to cross-examine said witness (except where a defendant in a criminal case is testifying in his own behalf) on the entire case, but this shall not be construed to entitle a defendant who has pleaded a counterclaim or setoff in a civil case to cross-examine a plaintiff's witness in respect thereto, but as to said counterclaim or setoff such witness (if examined by defendant in relation thereto) shall be deemed defendant's witness and be so examined in the course of the trial. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1891)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1727; 1919 § 5414; 1909 § 6358
MO Rev Stat § 491.074 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.074 - Prior inconsistent statement may be admissible in criminal cases as substantive evidence.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   491.074. Prior inconsistent statement may be admissible in criminal cases as substantive evidence. — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, a prior inconsistent statement of any witness testifying in the trial of a criminal offense shall be received as substantive evidence, and the party offering the prior inconsistent statement may argue the truth of such statement. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 757 & 602)  (1987) The term "prior inconsistent statements" as used in this section has the same meaning as judicial definitions of such term before effective date of this section. State v. Dunn, 731 S.W.2d 297 (Mo.App.W.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 491.078 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.078 - Juvenile court adjudication, use to affect credibility — sexual offense adjudication, affect on credibility — multiple adjudications, admissible, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   491.078. Juvenile court adjudication, use to affect credibility — sexual offense adjudication, affect on credibility — multiple adjudications, admissible, when. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a juvenile court adjudication for any of the following acts may be used to affect the credibility of a witness or a defendant in a criminal case, if such acts occurred within three years of the date of any sworn testimony by the witness or defendant:  (1) An act that would have been a class A or class B felony if committed by an adult;  (2) An act that would have been a class C or class D felony if committed by an adult, if the juvenile court record contains at least one other adjudication for any act that would have been a felony if committed by an adult.  2. In any case in which a defendant is charged with a sexual offense under the provisions of chapter 566, a juvenile court adjudication of the defendant may be used to question the credibility of the defendant if such adjudication is for an act which would have been a violation of chapter 566 if the act had been committed by an adult and if such juvenile court adjudication occurred within three years of the commission of the pending offense. If the defendant's juvenile court records contain more than one adjudication for acts which would have been violations of chapter 566 if committed by an adult, such multiple adjudications shall be admissible for impeachment regardless of when they occurred. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al. § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 491.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.080 - Testimony of witness not to be used to convict him of fraud.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.080. Testimony of witness not to be used to convict him of fraud. — Whenever any person shall testify, either as a party or as a witness, in any suit or proceedings now or hereafter pending, the testimony of such person shall not be used as evidence to prove any fact in any suit or prosecution against such person for any penalty for violation of any law in relation to fraudulent conveyance of property. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1893)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1729; 1919 § 5416; 1909 § 6360
MO Rev Stat § 491.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.090 - Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   491.090. Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear. — 1. In all cases where witnesses are required to attend the trial in any cause in any court of record, a summons shall be issued by the clerk of the court wherein the matter is pending, or by some notary public of the county wherein such trial shall be had, stating the day and place when and where the witnesses are to appear.  2. The witness shall be required to attend a trial from time to time, and from term to term, until the case be disposed of or the witness is finally discharged by the court. The witness shall be liable to attachment for any default or failure to appear as a witness at the trial and adjudged to pay the costs. Costs shall not be allowed for any subsequent recognizance or subpoena for the witness. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1897, A.L. 1945 p. 917, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1733; 1919 § 5420; 1909 § 6364
MO Rev Stat § 491.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.100 - Summons, form — how issued — subpoena for property, court's authority to quash, when exercised.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   491.100. Summons, form — how issued — subpoena for property, court's authority to quash, when exercised. — 1. Such summons shall be in the form of a subpoena, shall state the name of the court and the title of the action, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of the attorneys for the respective parties and identifying the attorney or party requesting the attendance of the witness and shall command each person to whom it is directed to attend and give testimony at a time and place therein specified or shall otherwise advise the witness of the name and telephone number of a person who can direct the witness of the time and place his appearance is required. The clerk of the court wherein the matter is pending, or the notary public of the county wherein such trial shall be had, shall issue a subpoena, or a subpoena for the production of objects and documentary evidence, signed and sealed but otherwise in blank, to a party requesting it, who shall fill it in before service.  2. The court may, on application of the party causing the subpoena to be issued, order that the witness shall appear, from time to time until the case is disposed of or he is otherwise excused by the court.  3. Where a subpoena commands the person to whom it is directed to produce the objects, books, papers, or documents designated therein, the court upon motion may, promptly, and in any event at or before the time specified in the subpoena for compliance therewith, quash the subpoena if it is unreasonable and oppressive or condition denial of the motion upon the advancement by the person in whose behalf the subpoena is issued of the reasonable cost of producing the objects, books, papers, or documents. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1898, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 237, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1734; 1919 § 5421; 1909 § 6365  (1975) Report of assistant manager made within a few minutes after accident was not subject to discovery procedures since it was made for use of defendant's attorney and was part of the privileged communication between client and counsel. Lindberg v. Safeway Stores Inc. (A.), 525 S.W.2d 571.
MO Rev Stat § 491.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.110 - Subpoenas, by whom served.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.110. Subpoenas, by whom served. — Subpoenas shall be directed to the person to be summoned to testify, and may be served by the sheriff, coroner, marshal or any constable in the county in which the witnesses to be summoned reside or may be found, or by any disinterested person who would be a competent witness in the cause, and the sheriff, coroner, marshal or constable of any county may serve any subpoena issued out of any court of record of their county, in term time, in any county adjoining that in which the court is being held. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1907)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1743; 1919 § 5430; 1909 § 6374
MO Rev Stat § 491.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.120 - Subpoenas, how served and returned.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.120. Subpoenas, how served and returned. — 1. The service of a subpoena to testify shall be by reading the same or delivering a copy thereof to the person to be summoned; provided, that in all cases where the witness shall refuse to hear such subpoena read or to receive a copy thereof, the offer of the officer or other person to read the same or to deliver a copy thereof, and such refusal, shall be a sufficient service of such subpoena.  2. The return shall show the manner of service; and in civil cases, if the witness reside at a greater distance than forty miles from the place of trial, it shall be so stated in the return, and also whether his legal fees have been tendered or paid, and if served by an officer his return shall be conclusive of the facts therein stated; if served by a private person, the return shall be verified by affidavit, which shall be received as evidence, and such affidavit may be made before the sheriff of the county where such service is made. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1908)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1744; 1919 § 5431; 1909 § 6375
MO Rev Stat § 491.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.130 - Fees to be tendered, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.130. Fees to be tendered, when. — A witness shall not be compelled to attend, as such, in a civil suit, at a greater distance than forty miles from his place of residence, unless his legal fees for traveling, in going to and returning from the place of trial, and one day's attendance, are paid or tendered to him at the time of summoning such witness. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1899)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1735; 1919 § 5422; 1909 § 6366
MO Rev Stat § 491.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXIII - Evidence and Legal Advertisements|Chapter 491 - Witnesses|Section 491.140 - Witness liable to action, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   491.140. Witness liable to action, when. — When a party causing a witness to be summoned, shall have paid or tendered to such witness his legal fees for traveling, and one day's attendance, at the time of summoning such witness, if he fail to attend he shall be liable to the action of the party for all damages sustained by the nonattendance, unless he show sufficient cause to justify such absence. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1904)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 1740; 1919 § 5427; 1909 § 6371