Wallace, Saunders, Austin, Brown & Enochs v. Rahm

ELLIS, Presiding Judge.

On April 11, 1991, a truck driven by Earl Perkins, and owned by Utili-Corp United, Inc., collided with a car driven by Richard Reed in Sedalia, Missouri. The car was owned by Everett Reed, Richard’s father, who was a passenger in the vehicle. Richard’s brother, Vernon, was also in the car. Sometime thereafter, Everett’s insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Company (State Farm), paid him $6,372 to cover the property damage to his automobile resulting from the accident.

On May 24, 1991, Everett, Vernon and Richard filed negligence actions in the Circuit Court of Pettis…