Karch v. Stewart

HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

Defendants have appealed from a judgment of $8,500 rendered in favor of plaintiff, Ray Karch, in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis for personal injuries sustained when a tractor-trailer outfit operated by plaintiff collided with a Ford automobile driven by defendant Stewart in the course of the latter’s employment by defendant Isthmian Lines, Inc., in the State of Illinois. It is defendants’ contention that (1) no submissible case of defendants’ negligence was made “on any theory of negligence not abandoned by plaintiff” and that the judgment should be reversed;…