Thompson v. United Railways Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. — Hon.. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) The court erred in giving plaintiff’s instruction No. 2, authorizing the jury to assess plaintiff’s damages in the amount of her pecuniary loss from loss of time, for the reason that the correct measure of her damages was not the amount of her loss of wages, but the reasonable value of her services as a nurse. MacDonald v. St. Louis Transit Co., 108 Mo.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. — Hon.. William T. Jones, Judge. (1) The court erred in giving plaintiff’s instruction No. 2, authorizing the jury to assess plaintiff’s damages in the amount of her pecuniary loss from loss of time, for the reason that the correct measure of her damages was not the amount of her loss of wages, but the reasonable value of her services as a nurse. MacDonald v. St. Louis Transit Co., 108 Mo. App. 374, 387; 6 Thompson’s Commentaries on the Law of Negligence, p. 346, sec. 7334; York v. Everton, 121 Mo. App. 640, 645; Woodward Iron Co. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBecker, J.
This is an action by plaintiff, a widow, for damages alleged to have been sustained by her on account of personal injuries received by her minor son, resulting from an alleged assault made upon him by a street car condutcor while in the employ of the defendant. Upon trial to a jury plaintiff obtained a verdict for $500 actual and $100 punitive damages. Thereafter plaintiff voluntarily remitted the $100 assessed as punitive damages and defendant prosecutes this appeal from the judgment renderd against it for the remaining $500.
According to plaintiff’s own testimony she actually paid out for…
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- Town of Salida v. McKinnaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
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