Court Opinion

ID: 9779527
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 22:05:22.979372+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:27.390964
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BLACKMAR, Judge,
concurring.
I concur, except that I have some reservations about the dismissal of Count I. I believe that the trial judge should not have foreclosed the attempt to set aside the dissolution as contained in Count I, and that the procedural complications he mentioned could have been taken care of by an order for separate trials as authorized by Rule 66.02. His orders of dismissal precluded any claim for indemnity against the corporation or its successors, as a part of the principal action. The convenience of trying the issues of comparative fault and damages in the same proceeding are manifest. Gustafson v. Benda, 661 S.W.2d 11, 15 (Mo. banc 1983).
Inasmuch as we now hold that the action for indemnity may be pursued against the defendant ad litem, the third party plaintiff undoubtedly has no need for the relief sought in the dismissed count. I therefore concur.