Staat v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

WELBORN, Commissioner.

This is an action for personal injuries arising out of an intersectional collision between a milk truck operated by plaintiff Norval Staat and a bus of the defendant St. Louis Public Service Company. Defendant counterclaimed for damage to its bus. The jury’s verdict was for plaintiff for $35,000 and against defendant on its counterclaim. After its motion for new trial had been overruled, defendant appealed from the judgment on plaintiff’s claim and its counterclaim.

The collision occurred at around 5:00 a. m., July 19, 1961, at the intersection of North Florissant and…