Section 9.59 Successive Accidents

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G. (§9.59) Successive Accidents

Multiple defendants in separate, unrelated, yet successive automobile accidents in which a motorist has been involved cannot be held jointly liable for the motorist’s injuries. Carlton v. Phillips, 926 S.W.2d 8 (Mo. App. W.D. 1996). There is, however, an exception to this rule when both accidents arise out of the same "series of transactions" within the...

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