State Ex Rel. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Gaertner

ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition, or in the alternative, mandamus, to require the trial court to enter summary judgment in favor of relator and to refrain from any further proceedings in the cause entitled, Russell C. Bunting, Plaintiff v. McDonnell Aircraft Company, now McDonnell Douglas Corporation (hereafter referred to as “McDonnell”), defendant, Cause No. 87192-E, which is pending in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.

Plaintiff’s petition, in three counts, was originally filed in 1967, and it has been the subject of several…