Gildehaus v. Jones

Action for $9,763.44 for personal injuries alleged to have been proximately caused by defendants' negligence in driving a tractor-trailer truck into collision with the automobile driven by plaintiff at the intersection of Sulphur and Chippewa Streets in St. Louis, July 14, 1945. The plaintiff's case was submitted to the jury upon negligence under the humanitarian rule; the jury returned a verdict for defendants; and plaintiff has appealed from the judgment subsequently rendered.

Plaintiff-appellant contends that, at the outset of the trial, she was placed in a prejudicial position by the…