Robinett v. Kansas City Power & Light Co.

PRITCHARD, Judge.

For personal injuries caused by electrical shock, and for loss of consortium, plaintiffs at the trial asked the jury for $15,000.00 damages. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. Defendant says that plaintiffs’ claimed errors in the giving of instructions to the jury are inconsequential because plaintiff, Wilbur Robinett, was contributorily negligent as a matter of law, citing Burroughs v. Union Electric Company, Mo.App., 366 S.W.2d 69.

There was a subdivision on Skiles Avenue in the southeast part of Kansas City, Missouri, in which houses were being constructed.…