Hecker v. Schwartz

DONNELLY, Judge.

In this jury-tried action for damages resulting from a vehicular collision in the City of St. Louis, which occurred at approximately 4:50 p. m. on December 8, 1963, plaintiff, Florence Hecker, received a verdict in the amount of $50,000 against defendant executors of Edward Longinette, deceased. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Gage. The executors appealed. This opinion is written on reassignment.

The collision occurred on the Grand Avenue viaduct, which extends north and south, and which, at the time of the collision, was covered with a solid sheet of ice and…