Lee v. Zumbehl

EAGER, Judge.

Plaintiff sued for personal injuries sustained when he, as a pedestrian, was *80struck by defendant’s car. There was a nine-man verdict for defendant and, after plaintiff’s motion for a new trial was overruled, he appealed. The prayer of his petition was for $40,000 and he sustained substantial injuries, so we have jurisdiction.

The injury occurred on March 18, 1962, at the intersection of Chouteau and Boyle Avenues in St. Louis, at some time between 1:00 and 1:30 a. m. Plaintiff lived approximately five blocks from that location. He was a carpenter, 68 years of age at the time of…