Section 19.4 Uniform Comparative Fault Act Does Not Control When it Conflicts With Other Missouri Law

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B. (§19.4) Uniform Comparative Fault Act Does Not Control When it Conflicts With Other Missouri Law

As suggested by the phrase "insofar as possible" in Gustafson v. Benda, 661 S.W.2d 11, 15 (Mo. banc 1983), when a Missouri statute conflicts with the provisions of the UCFA (Uniform Comparative Fault Act), as adopted by Gustafson, 661 S.W.2d at 13, the terms of the statute control. Gustafson, 661 S.W.2d at 15–16 n.10 (referencing § 537.060, then RSMo 1978); Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hosp., 901...