Haire v. Stagner

STONE, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants, Dodds Track Line, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Dodds), and Gilbert Stagner, Dodds’ driver, from a judgment of $2,250 entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Donald Haire, for personal injuries sustained by him on September 16, 1957, at Steelville, Missouri. Plaintiff, then twenty-seven years of age, who had been “in the construction business” for eight years, was employed by Huffman Brothers, the general contractor, as superintendent on a construction project to build a new elementary school building in Steelville.

On the day of…