Strake v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

KELLY, Judge.

These appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis awarding the plaintiff-respondent, Frank A. Strake, damages in an amount of $60,-000.00, have their genesis in automobile collisions occurring on February 15, 1973, on Washington Avenue, just west of its intersection with Pendleton Avenue, in the City of St. Louis. We reverse the judgment as to appellant James Bullock and affirm as to appellants R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Gary L. Thornton.

Respondent and appellant Bullock were operating their respective automobiles east-wardly on Washington Avenue…