Jones v. Thompson

This case, comes to the writer on reassignment; The plaintiff-appellant, a truck driver, sustained personal injuries while endeavoring to open the. door of a freight ■ear In defendant’s freight yard at Butler, Missouri, to' remove a shipment of lubricating oil consigned to his employer. The door came loose from its. supports and fell on his foot causing the injuries sued for. He recovered a verdict for $25,000. The respondent offered no evidence but filed an after trial motion to set aside the original judgment and for judgment in its favor notwithstanding the verdict, under Sec. 120, Civil…