Venditti v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BOHLING, C.

Mary Venditti recovered a judgment of $12,750 against the St. Louis Public Service Company, a corporation, for personal injuries sustained as the result of a collision between two of defendant’s busses. Plaintiff pleaded and by her sole verdict directing instruction submitted her cause on general negligence on the part of the defendant, a res ipsa loquitur submission. However, the trial court awarded defendant a new trial on the ground plaintiff’s said instruction was improper and prejudicial in that plaintiff’s evidence established the specific negligence of the defendant causing…