Arbogast v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis

SAMUEL E. SEMPLE, Special Judge.

This is an action for $40,000 for personal injuries to plaintiff Linda Joan Arbo-gast, a child, in one count, and for $2,500 damages for medical and hospital expenses incurred by the father, plaintiff Alan O. Arbogast, in the second count. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs’ case. Plaintiffs have appealed.

Plaintiff Linda J. Arbogast, a child almost twelve years old, was injured in a fall from a trestle of defendant Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. Linda was visiting her aunt in Maplewood,…