Haas Baking Co. v. Luzio

McMILLIAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Haas Baking Company, appeals from the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis granting defendant’s motion for a new trial. The order appealed from superseded a jury verdict corrected in open court awarding plaintiff damages in the amount of $629.38 and denying defendant relief on his counterclaim. For the reasons discussed herein, we reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

The controversy arose out of an automobile collision at approximately 3:20 A.M. in the morning which occurred between Sam Bommarito, then truck driver and employee of…