Cannamore v. Bi-State Development Agency

SEILER, Judge.

This is a res ipsa loquitur action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff, a fare-paying passenger, while alighting from a bus owned and operated by the defendant. Plaintiff received a $9,000 verdict. The trial court set aside the verdict and judgment and sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The St. Louis Court of Appeals reversed on the basis that plaintiff made a submissible res ipsa loquitur case, Cannamore v. Bi-State Development Agency, 469 S.W.2d 664, relying on Brindley v. Wells, 308 Mo. 1, 271 S.W. 48, and then transferred…