Briggs v. Baker

SOMERVILLE, Chief Judge.

This appeal was prompted by plaintiff’s (hereinafter referred to as Mrs. Briggs) loss of a $15,000.00 verdict in a jury tried automobile negligence case which occurred when the trial court sustained defendant’s (hereinafter referred to as Baker) motion for new trial.

The accident out of which Mrs. Briggs’ claim for personal injuries arose occurred at approximately 3:30 P.M. on March 15, 1974, within the corporate limits of Brookfield, Missouri, a third class city. At the time in question Mrs. Briggs was sitting in the back seat of a 1968 Ford Mustang driven by her son,…