Bart Korman Did Not Vote on this Legislation.
Title: Limits Circumstances Under Which Lawsuits May Be Joined
Vote to pass a bill that limits the circumstances under which plaintiffs may join their lawsuits, commonly known as a class action lawsuit.
Prohibits plaintiffs from joining lawsuits based on (Sec. A):
Injury outside of the state of Missouri;
Separate purchases of the same product; or
Separate incidents involving the same product.
Authorizes plaintiffs in tort cases to join lawsuits only if each plaintiff could have filed a suit in the same venue irrespective of the claims of any other plaintiff (Sec. A).
Specifies that, notwithstanding the above requirement, tort cases can be joined if each plaintiff could have filed the suit in adjoining counties and each county has a population of fewer than 150,000 (Sec. A).
Authorizes plaintiffs who were injured in a state other than Missouri in a single, simultaneous occurrence to join lawsuits in Cole County (Sec. A).
Title: Limits Circumstances Under Which Lawsuits May Be Joined