Salmons v. Dun & Bradstreet

Action for personal injuries received in a revolving door. At a jury trial, plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment for $2900. Motion for a new trial was overruled and defendant appealed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The majority opinion of the court of appeals affirmed the judgment for $2150 upon condition that plaintiff file a remittitur of $750. [Salmons v. Dun Bradstreet (Mo. App.), 153 S.W.2d 556.] Presiding Judge SHAIN, of the court of appeals, deemed the majority opinion in conflict with the opinion of this court in Phillips v. Western Union Telegraph Co. (in banc), 270 Mo.…