Sanford v. Bi-State Development Agency

PUDLOWSKI, Judge.

Appellant Bi-State Development Agency appeals from a judgment entered in favor of respondents Lisa and Ethel Sanford. Lisa Sanford brought her action for personal injuries she sustained when struck by a van while crossing the street after disembarking from appellant’s bus. Her mother, Ethel Sanford, also brought an action for medical bills and loss of Lisa Sanford’s services. We reverse and remand.

On the afternoon of December 8, 1979, Lisa Sanford and her sister Michelle boarded appellant’s southbound Kingshighway bus at Thekla in north St. Louis. Lisa Sanford was then four…