Grothe v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

In this joint action by surviving spouse and minor children against railroad for damages for wrongful death of husband and father, a jury awarded plaintiffs $50,-000 and judgment was entered accordingly.

Clifford J. Grothe, age 35, died December 21, 1967, from injuries received that date when the motor vehicle which he was operating was struck by defendant’s train at the intersection of Old State Road and defendant’s railroad tracks in Imperial, Jefferson County, Missouri.

Mrs. Grothe, as surviving spouse, instituted this action by petition filed April 3, 1968, pursuant to…