Carpenter v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Plaintiff received serious personal injuries when he was struck by an automobile at the intersection of U. S. Highway 24 and Brookside Avenue in Jackson County, Missouri, shortly after he had alighted from one of defendant’s buses. In this action to recover damages for said injuries the jury awarded plaintiff the sum of $25,COO. Defendant has appealed from the ensuing judgment. We will state the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff.

Highway 24 at the intersection in question was heavily traveled. It not only carried the normal traffic of a United States…