Repple v. East Texas Motor Freight Lines

BOHLING, Commissioner.

John P. Repple, plaintiff, recovered a judgment against East Texas Motor Freight Lines, a Texas corporation, defendant, for $13,000 for personal injuries sustained when defendant’s tractor-trailer struck the rear of a St. Louis Public Service Company bus on which plaintiff was a passenger. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for a new trial. Plaintiff has appealed.

Respondent’s motion for new trial was sustained on the following grounds: That the verdict was so grossly excessive as to demonstrate (1) that it resulted from bias, passion and prejudice on the part of…