Henderson v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n of St. Louis

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge.

This is a personal injury action for damages where the plaintiff’s foot was traumatically amputated by one of defendant’s trains. This appeal stems from a jury verdict rendered in May 1986 in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $264,000.

This case has previously been before our court. Henderson, et al, v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, 659 S.W.2d 227 (Mo.App.1983). We will incorporate, without the use of quotation marks, pertinent portions of the statement of facts contained in that opinion which reappeared on retrial.

We find that the jury could…