Court Opinion

ID: 9761778
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:54:16.467347+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:26.301750
License: Public Domain

EAGER, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent for all the reasons stated in my dissent in Novak v. Kansas City Transit, Inc., Banc, Mo., 365 S.W.2d 539. Nothing has occurred since to change my views. The creation of such causes of action as this has, in large part, forced this Court to amend its Rule 66.01 dealing with the consolidation of causes by adding a paragraph “(c)” requiring that suits for loss of services and consortium shall be filed jointly with the original action of the other spouse for his or her personal injuries. This amendment may help to some extent in restricting a duplication of damages but, in my opinion, nothing can completely remedy the chaos or eliminate a serious likelihood of duplication. Consequently, I dissent.