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091924P.pdf   07/06/2010  The Kneibert Clinic LLC  v.  Richard Smith, M.D.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-1924
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Colloton, Circuit Judge, and
   Kornmann, District Judge]
   Civil case - Indemnification. Court would not review the district court's
   denial of a summary judgment motion afer the matter had been tried to a
   verdict; district court did not abuse its discretion by instructing the jury,
   in accordance with Missouri precedent, that plaintiff owed a duty not to
   materially increase the risk to, or prejudice the rights of defendants;
   district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to take judicial
   notice of a state court judgment; district court did not abuse its discretion
   by striking two prospective jurors who either expressed possible
   prejudice against insurers or ad a doctor-patient relationship with the
   plaintiff.