Mattan v. Hoover Company

Action for damages, actual and punitive, for personal injuries caused by being struck by an automobile driven by defendant Lagan, alleged servant of the corporate defendant. The jury returned a verdict for $20,000 actual damages against both defendants and judgment was entered thereon. Motion for new trial was overruled and defendants appealed.

Plaintiff was struck about 6:15 P.M., after dark, clear night, January 19, 1940, while walking across State street in Kansas City, Kansas. The cause was submitted, under the law of Kansas, upon the alleged negligent failure to equip the automobile with…