Legal Opinion
Fields v. Kansas City
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 1964No. 23878PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CROSS, Judge.
The defendant city appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff damages in the sum of $14,000.00 for personal injuries sustained when he fell into an uncovered sewer manhole in a public alley.1
Plaintiff resides in Ludlow, Missouri, and is a construction worker. As such, his particular duties have been the operation of a crane or bulldozer. He testified that on September 5, 1956, he was working on the Sixth Street Trafficway then under construction in Kansas City. On the evening of that day, after working overtime, he went to his apartment on West…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Graney v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- O'BRIEN v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- Wren v. St. Louis Public Service CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1962
- Newberry v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Mazdra v. Selective Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
- Adler v. Laclede Gas CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Fields v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1964