Coffman v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co. of Maine

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Clara A. Coffman sued The Kansas City Stock Yards Company of Maine for $75,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by her while employed by the Stock Yards Company. A jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $15,000. The trial court sustained defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict and enter judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment so entered.

The Stock Yards Company was the owner and manager of the nine-floor Livestock Exchange Building located in Kansas City, Missouri. In November, 1969, Ms. Coffman was employed by Stock Yards as…