Reimer v. Kansas City Portland Cement Co.

Plaintiff, the widow of Clans Reimer, deceased, sued to recover damages for the ■death of her hnshand which she alleges was caused by the negligence of defendant, his employer. The first ■count of the petition alleges acts of common law negligence and in the second, a cause founded on a violation of the statute relating to the guarding of machinery is pleaded. The trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of ten thousand dollars. Plaintiff filed a remittitur of $2500 and the accrued interest and judgment was entered for $7500. Afterward the court sustained defendant’s motion for a…