Thompson v. St. Joseph Country Club

KENNEDY, Judge.

Appellant Teresa Dell (Vaughn) Thompson, plaintiff below, recovered a verdict for $655,000 for personal injuries received when she was struck by a car driven by Jack Gordon, in an action against Gordon’s employer, St. Joseph Country Club, Inc. The trial court set aside the verdict and entered judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

The issue presented by the appeal is whether there was any evidence from which the jury could find agency of Gordon for defendant Country Club at the time of the accident, so that Country Club may be held liable for Gordon’s negligence…