Skiles ex rel. Skiles v. Schlake
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
WELBORN, Commissioner.
In this action for personal injuries to Bobby Leon Skiles, a pedestrian struck by an auto driven by defendant Robert E. Schlake, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $75,000. The trial court subsequently sustained the defendant’s motion for a new trial on the specific grounds of error in one of the plaintiff’s verdict-directing instructions. The plaintiff has appealed from the order for a new trial.
The accident occurred on August 30, 1963, at around 9:30 P. M., Daylight Saving Time, on Route 21 in Old Mines. The weather was clear, the pavement dry. The…
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