Wilson v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

Action for damages for personal injury. Verdict and judgment for $12,000 went for plaintiff and defendant appealed.

Plaintiff was the driver of a laundry truck in Kansas City, and on December 5, 1942, he parked the truck, headed north, about midway of the block on the east side of Belleview Street, in order to deliver laundry to an apartment building on the east side of the street. Defendant's street car approached from the south, struck the partly opened door of the truck, causing it to buckle in on plaintiff, who, according to his evidence, was standing on the street, back to the west, and…