Lester v. Sayles

850 S.W.2d 858 (1993)

Latonya LESTER, et al., Respondents,

v.

Mark T. SAYLES and McHenry Truck Equipment, Inc., Appellants.

No. 74719.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 23, 1993.

As modified April 20, 1993.

Gary P. Paul, Clayton, for appellants.

Roy A. Walther, III, Myron S. Zwibelman, David S. Slavkin, Elizabeth E. Carver, St. Louis, for respondents.

LIMBAUGH, Judge.

This is an appeal from jury verdicts entered in favor of Latonya Lester and her mother, Wanda Thompson, following an accident in which Latonya, then age four years and nine months, was struck by a truck and severely injured. The…