Teachenor v. DePriest

GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiff Carol Williams Teachenor sued defendants Mark Eugene DePriest and Marvin Benjamin Berry to recover money damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by defendants’ negligence. The trial court, at the close of plaintiff’s case, directed a verdict for Berry. The jury returned a verdict for DePriest.

On April 1, 1977, plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile driven by her brother, defendant Berry. Berry was traveling north on Highway 67, a four lane highway, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Defendant De-Priest was the driver of a pickup truck that was also traveling north…