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MO Rev Stat § 510.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.125 - Grievance resolution system for offenders, civil actions stayed, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   510.125. Grievance resolution system for offenders, civil actions stayed, when. — 1. In any civil action brought in a court of this state by an offender convicted of a crime who is confined in any state prison or correctional facility, the court shall stay such case until the offender has exhausted such administrative remedies as are described in this section and are available to the offender.  2. The department of corrections shall maintain a system or systems for the resolution of grievances of offenders confined in each state prison or correctional facility. The systems may provide for:  (1) Time limits for replies to grievances at each decision level within the system;  (2) Priority processing of grievances which are of an emergency nature, including matters in which delay would subject the grievant to substantial risk of personal injury;  (3) Safeguards to avoid reprisals against any grievant or participant in the resolution of a grievance; and  (4) Review of the disposition of grievances by a person or other entity who did not render the original decision of the grievance.  3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section, the provisions of any federal statute governing a cause of action created by federal law shall control and take precedence in actions brought pursuant to such federal law. ­­-------- (L. 1995 H.B. 424)
MO Rev Stat § 510.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.130 - Voluntary dismissal — new trial.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.130. Voluntary dismissal — new trial. — 1. A plaintiff shall be allowed to dismiss his action without prejudice at any time before the same is finally submitted to the jury, or to the court sitting as a jury, or to the court, and not afterward. A plaintiff who has once so dismissed his action and thereafter files another action upon the same claim shall not be allowed to dismiss the same without prejudice after the jury has been impaneled, or after evidence has been introduced in a nonjury case, except  (1) Upon filing a stipulation to that effect signed by the opposite party; or  (2) On order of the court made on special motion in which the ground for said dismissal shall be set forth and which shall be supported by affidavit.  2. No party, who has been granted a dismissal at his request after an adverse ruling of the trial court preventing a recovery on his part, shall as a matter of right be granted more than one new trial or more than one appeal on the ground that the adverse ruling of the trial court preventing a recovery on his part was erroneous. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 99)  (1972) Plaintiff does not have an absolute right to take a voluntary dismissal but to deny such dismissal, defendant must show some injury to himself more than the mere fact that plaintiff could bring another action. Stubblefield v. Seals (Mo.), 485 S.W.2d 126.
MO Rev Stat § 510.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.140 - Defendant may move for dismissal of an action — effect of motion.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.140. Defendant may move for dismissal of an action — effect of motion. — For failure of the plaintiff to prosecute or to comply with this code or any order of court, a defendant may move for dismissal of an action or of any claim against him. After the plaintiff has completed the presentation of his evidence, the defendant, without waiving his right to offer evidence in the event the motion is not granted, or in the event that the motion is granted and the resulting judgment is later held erroneous, may move for a dismissal on the ground that upon the facts and the law the plaintiff has shown no right to relief. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 100)
MO Rev Stat § 510.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.150 - Effect of dismissals, with and without prejudice.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.150. Effect of dismissals, with and without prejudice. — A dismissal without prejudice permits the party to bring another action for the same cause, unless the action is otherwise barred. A dismissal with prejudice operates as an adjudication upon the merits. Any voluntary dismissal other than one which the party is entitled to take without prejudice, and any involuntary dismissal other than one for lack of jurisdiction or for improper venue shall be with prejudice unless the court in its order for dismissal shall otherwise specify. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 101)
MO Rev Stat § 510.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.160 - Provisions applying to dismissal of counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.160. Provisions applying to dismissal of counterclaim, cross-claim or third-party claim. — The provisions of sections 510.130 to 510.150 and 514.180, apply to the dismissal of any counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 102)
MO Rev Stat § 510.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.170 - Dismissal of plaintiff's action not to affect counterclaim or cross-claim.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.170. Dismissal of plaintiff's action not to affect counterclaim or cross-claim. — No dismissal, voluntary or involuntary, of a plaintiff's action in which a counterclaim or cross-claim has been filed shall operate to dismiss or discontinue such counterclaim or cross-claim. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 103)
MO Rev Stat § 510.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.180 - Consolidation of actions — separate trials of issues.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.180. Consolidation of actions — separate trials of issues. — 1. Whenever several suits founded alone upon liquidated demands shall be pending in the same court by the same plaintiff, against the same defendant, or whenever several such suits are pending in the same court, by the same plaintiff, against several defendants, the court in which the same shall be prosecuted may, in its discretion, if it appear expedient, order such suits to be consolidated into one action.  2. The court in furtherance of convenience or to avoid prejudice may order a separate trial of any claim, cross-claim, counterclaim, or third-party claim, or of any separate issue or of any number of claims, cross-claims, counterclaims, third-party claims, or issues. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 1094, 1102, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 97)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 943, 951; 1919 §§ 1393, 1401; 1909 §§ 1963, 1971
MO Rev Stat § 510.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.190 - Right of trial by jury — waiver.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   510.190. Right of trial by jury — waiver. — 1. The right of trial by jury as declared by the constitution or as given by a statute shall be preserved to the parties inviolate. In particular, any issue as to whether a release, composition, or discharge of plaintiff's original claim was fraudulently or otherwise wrongfully procured shall be tried by jury unless waived.  2. Parties shall be deemed to have waived trial by jury:  (1) By failing to appear at the trial;  (2) By filing with the clerk written consent in person or by attorney;  (3) By oral consent in court, entered on the minutes;  (4) By entering into trial before the court without objection.  3. In actions against the state when a statute provides for trial without a jury, the court, with the consent of both parties, may order a trial with a jury whose verdict has the same effect as if trial by jury had been a matter of right.  4. In actions where an infant or a mentally incapacitated person is a party and where an infant or mentally incapacitated person is represented by a legal representative, trial by jury shall be deemed to be waived under the circumstances set forth in subsection 2. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1101, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 98, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 950; 1919 § 1400; 1909 § 1970  (1973) Held that trial by jury cannot be waived by informal statement by counsel that jury would not be required. Randolph v. Simpson (A.), 500 S.W.2d 289. (1974) Held wife's counterclaim for necessaries was a claim at law and jury trial must be granted. Attebery v. Attebery (A.), 507 S.W.2d 87.
MO Rev Stat § 510.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.200 - All trials upon the merits shall be conducted in open court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.200. All trials upon the merits shall be conducted in open court. — All trials upon the merits shall be conducted in open court and so far as convenient in the regular courtroom. Trials may be conducted or motions heard outside the county where pending with the consent of all parties affected thereby. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 90)
MO Rev Stat § 510.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.210 - Formal exceptions unnecessary — objections.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   510.210. Formal exceptions unnecessary — objections. — Formal exceptions to rulings or orders of the court are unnecessary; but for all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary it is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take or his objection to the action of the court and his grounds therefor except it shall not be necessary to state grounds for objections for instructions; and, if a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order at the time it is made, the absence of an objection does not thereafter prejudice him. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 122, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 227)
MO Rev Stat § 510.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.220 - Verdict, general or special.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.220. Verdict, general or special. — The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict is one by which the jury pronounces generally upon all or any of the issues, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant. A special verdict is one by which the jury finds the facts only, leaving the judgment to the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1119, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 106)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 968; 1919 § 1418; 1909 § 1988
MO Rev Stat § 510.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.230 - General verdict, when rendered.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.230. General verdict, when rendered. — In every issue for the recovery of money only, or specific real or personal property, the jury shall render a general verdict. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1120, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 107)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 969; 1919 § 1419; 1909 § 1989
MO Rev Stat § 510.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.240 - Court may direct issues to be made, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.240. Court may direct issues to be made, when. — In all other cases, if at any time during the progress of any cause, it shall, in the opinion of the court, become necessary to determine any fact in controversy by the verdict of a jury, the court may direct an issue or issues to be made. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1121, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 108)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 970; 1919 § 1420; 1909 § 1990
MO Rev Stat § 510.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.250 - Issues to be made only as directed by court.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.250. Issues to be made only as directed by court. — No issue shall be made, except such as shall be directed by the court. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1122, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 109)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 971; 1919 § 1421; 1909 § 1991
MO Rev Stat § 510.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.260 - Issues, how tried and disposed of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.260. Issues, how tried and disposed of. — The trial of such issues shall be by jury, and the issues shall be disposed of by a general or special verdict before a final judgment shall be made therein. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1123, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 110)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 972; 1919 § 1422; 1909 § 1992
MO Rev Stat § 510.262 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.262 - Applicability of certain statute changes for cases filed after August 28, 2020.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020   510.262. Applicability of certain statute changes for cases filed after August 28, 2020. — The provisions of this act* shall apply to causes of action filed on or after August 28, 2020. ­­-------- (L. 2020 S.B. 591 § 1)  * "This act" contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
MO Rev Stat § 510.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.265 - Limitations on punitive damages in certain cases.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   510.265. Limitations on punitive damages in certain cases. — 1. No award of punitive damages against any defendant shall exceed the greater of:  (1) Five hundred thousand dollars; or  (2) Five times the net amount of the judgment awarded to the plaintiff against the defendant. ­­Such limitations shall not apply if the state of Missouri is the plaintiff requesting the award of punitive damages, or the defendant pleads guilty to or is convicted of a felony arising out of the acts or omissions pled by the plaintiff.  2. The provisions of this section and sections 510.261 and 510.263 shall not apply to civil actions brought under section 213.111 that allege a violation of section 213.040, 213.045, 213.050, or 213.070, to the extent that the alleged violation of section 213.070 relates to or involves a violation of section 213.040, 213.045, or 213.050, or subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 213.070 as it relates to housing. ­­-------- (L. 2005 H.B. 393, A.L. 2020 S.B. 591)  CROSS REFERENCE: Applicability of statute changes for cases filed after August 28, 2005, 538.305; for cases filed after August 28, 2020, 510.262 (2014) Section's cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional under Article I, Section 22 (a) of Missouri Constitution; right to a jury trial in 1820 included right to have a jury determine amount of punitive damages in an action for fraud. Lewellen v. Franklin, 441 S.W.3d 136 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 510.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.270 - Jury shall assess amount of money of recovery, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.270. Jury shall assess amount of money of recovery, when. — When a verdict shall be found for the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of money only, the jury shall also assess the amount of the recovery; so, also, if they find for the defendant in case of offsets or other demand for money. When exemplary or punitive damages are allowed by the jury, the amount thereof shall be separately stated in the verdict. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 919, 1124, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 111)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 767, 973; 1919 §§ 1223, 1423; 1909 §§ 1797, 1993
MO Rev Stat § 510.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.280 - Motion for directed verdict.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.280. Motion for directed verdict. — The demurrer to the evidence and the request for peremptory instructions are abolished and in lieu thereof a party may make a motion for a directed verdict. A party who moves for a directed verdict at the close of the evidence offered by an opponent may offer evidence in the event that the motion is not granted, without having reserved the right so to do and to the same extent as if the motion had not been made. A motion for a directed verdict which is not granted is not a waiver of trial by jury even though all parties to the action have moved for directed verdicts. Upon motion for directed verdict by a party opposing a claim the court, whether so requested or not, may dismiss the claim without prejudice if justice so requires. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 112)
MO Rev Stat § 510.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.290 - Denial of motion for directed verdict — motion to set aside verdict, judgment — motion for new trial.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.290. Denial of motion for directed verdict — motion to set aside verdict, judgment — motion for new trial. — Whenever a motion for a directed verdict made at the close of all the evidence is denied or for any reason is not granted the court is deemed to have submitted the action to the jury subject to a later determination of the legal questions raised by the motion. Within ten days after the reception of a verdict, a party who has moved for a directed verdict may move to have the verdict and any judgment entered thereon set aside and to have judgment entered in accordance with his motion for a directed verdict; or if a verdict was not returned, such party, within ten days after the jury has been discharged, may move for judgment in accordance with his motion for a directed verdict. A motion for a new trial may be joined with this motion, or a new trial may be prayed for in the alternative. If a verdict was returned the court may allow the judgment to stand or may reopen the judgment and either order a new trial or direct the entry of judgment as if the requested verdict had been directed. If no verdict was returned the court may direct the entry of judgment as if the requested verdict had been directed or may order a new trial. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 113)
MO Rev Stat § 510.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.300 - Instructions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.300. Instructions. — 1. At the close of all the evidence, or at such earlier time during the trial as the court may reasonably direct, any party may request that the court instruct the jury in writing on the law applicable to the issues in evidence in the case. Such instructions so requested to be submitted in writing by the party requesting the same, and may be given or refused by the court according to the law and the evidence in the case. The court may also instruct the jury in writing of its own motion. The court shall afford ample opportunity for counsel to examine the instructions before the same are given and to make objections out of the hearing of the jury.  2. Instructions which are refused shall be so marked by the court and filed with the clerk. All instructions given shall be carried by the jury to their room and returned and filed at the conclusion of their deliberations. All instructions refused and all instructions given shall be kept as part of the record of the cause. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 1118, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 105)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 967; 1919 § 1417; 1909 § 1987
MO Rev Stat § 510.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.310 - Procedure in cases tried upon facts without a jury.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   510.310. Procedure in cases tried upon facts without a jury. — 1. In cases tried upon the facts without a jury, the court shall rule upon all objections to evidence as in jury cases. Where the court is of the opinion that the evidence is not admissible, it shall not receive the evidence, but where the evidence is brief and is not privileged, the court shall permit the same and any cross-examination relating thereto or evidence in rebuttal thereof to be taken down by the court reporter or otherwise preserved, apart from the evidence received.  2. At or after the trial, the court shall render such judgment as it thinks right upon the law and the evidence. If any party shall so request before final submission of the case, the court shall dictate to the court reporter, or prepare and file a brief opinion containing a statement of the grounds for its decision and the method of determining any damages awarded; and may, or if specifically requested by counsel, shall, include its findings on any of the principal controverted fact issues. All fact issues upon which no specific findings are made shall be deemed found in accordance with the result reached.  3. Upon motion of a party made not later than ten days after entry of judgment the court may amend the judgment and opinion. The motion may be made with a motion for a new trial.  4. No findings of fact, except such as shall have been specifically requested, and no conclusions of law or objections to the judgment or to the opinion of the court are necessary for purposes of review. The question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the judgment may be raised whether or not the question was raised in the trial court. The appellate court shall review the case upon both the law and the evidence as in suits of an equitable nature. The judgment shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous, and due regard shall be given to the opportunity of the trial court to judge of the credibility of the witnesses. The appellate court shall consider any evidence which was rejected by the trial court and duly preserved for the appeal when the appellate court believes such evidence to be admissible. The appellate court may also order any rejected evidence to be taken by deposition or under a reference and returned to said court. ­­-------- (L. 1943 p. 353 § 114)
MO Rev Stat § 510.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations|Chapter 510 - Trials and Proceedings Before and After Trial|Section 510.320 - Trial or proceeding shall not be terminated by expiration of term.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   510.320. Trial or proceeding shall not be terminated by expiration of term. — No trial or proceeding in any civil or criminal case shall be terminated by the expiration of the term at which it was commenced, but such trial or proceeding may proceed until it is concluded in all respects as if the term had not expired, or same may be continued to an adjourned or special term, or to the next regular term, as the court may direct. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 2023)  Prior revision: 1929 § 1859