Hammons v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

SMART, Judge.

This case arises from an accident on an interstate highway between an automobile and a highway department protective truck. The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (“MHTC”) and Charles Dobel-bower, defendants, appeal from the trial court’s judgment which awarded $62,500.00 to Michael Hammons, plaintiff.

Judgment is affirmed.

On March 21, 1988, Michael Hammons collided into the back of a protective truck driven by Defendant Dobelbower and owned by MHTC. The accident occurred at approximately 1:00 p.m. on Interstate 70 in Jackson County, Missouri, about one mile from its…