Steinmetz v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

TURNAGE, Judge.

Joyce Steinmetz filed suit against a number of defendants seeking damages for the wrongful death of her husband, Martin. Martin was killed when the car he was driving was crushed by a load of beef carcasses which fell from an overturned truck. The truck had been traveling on Interstate *3835, in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and the accident occurred on an overpass where Interstate 35 crosses Interstate 70, on which Martin had been traveling.

Steinmetz appeals from an order requiring her to reduce the prayer of her petition to $100,000, and from a summary judgment entered in favor…