Wyatt v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

TITUS, Judge.

Taxi driver Bennie Wyatt was awarded $70,000 damages by a Greene County jury for injuries he received near 9 a. m. July 2, 1972, when he fell on defendant’s sidewalk. The jury also awarded Bennie's wife $10,-000 for her derivative claim. Defendant has appealed and the interested may read the first appellate installment hereof in Wyatt v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, 514 S.W.2d 366 (Mo.App.1974).

Defendant’s building and premises on South Fremont Avenue in Springfield are situate on the east side of the north-south thoroughfare. A private sidewalk' east of the street lies…