Wenzel v. St. Louis Public Service Co.

VAN OSDOL, C.

[ 313] Appeal from a judgment for $12,000 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she was thrown from defendant’s bus into the street just east of the intersection of Chippewa and Grand Boulevard in St. Louis. The jury by its verdict awarded plaintiff $17,500; however, the trial court required a remittitur of $5,500. . -

While minor questions are raised by defendant-appellant, the principal questions for consideration herein are — did the plaintiff plead, prove and submit a ease to which the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was applicable; and, if so, was the award of…