Burrage v. McGee

SIMON, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the grant of a new trial by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis. JoAnn Burrage (Burrage), a passenger in a vehicle operated by Jimmie McGee (McGee), initiated this personal injury action against McGee and Clydamae Elliott-Reinkemeyer (Reinkemeyer), the driver of the other vehicle involved in the collision.

The jury returned verdicts in favor of the defendants, McGee and Reinkemeyer. The trial court, finding that the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence, sustained Burrage’s motion for a new trial. Further, the trial court found…