Hopkins v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

BRADY, Commissioner.

This appeal arises out of a suit for damages wherein the plaintiff, Mary Lou Hopkins, prayed for $35,000 and her husband, William Hopkins, in a separate count of the petition prayed for $10,000 for costs of household help, his wife’s medical expenses, and for deprivation of her “ * * * aid, assistance, and companionship.” The jury’s verdict was in favor of Mrs. Hopkins for $15,000 and in favor of William Hopkins in the amount of $4,000. These judgments were rendered against the St. Louis Public Service Company and one Casperson, the driver of an automobile involved in a…