Hulsey v. Tower Grove Quarry & Construction Co.

Plaintiff (respondent here) commenced this action on January 5, 1926, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by him on December 10, 1925, by reason of defendant's negligence, and while plaintiff was employed by defendant (appellant here) as a laborer in defendant's rock quarry in the city of St. Louis. A trial of the action to a jury resulted in a unanimous verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $15,000. The trial court ordered plaintiff to remit from the verdict the sum of $3,500, under penalty of sustaining defendant's motion for a new trial, and…