Weast v. Festus Flying Service, Inc.

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant Festus Flying Service, Inc., appeals from a judgment against it, based on a wrongful death claim in which a jury awarded the deceased’s parents, Roy and Jeanette Weast, $200,000 in damages. We affirm.

In November, 1978, Richard Dodson was employed as a pilot by defendant Festus Flying Service, Inc. Dodson was dispatched from St. Louis by Gary Penrod, vice presi dent of the defendant corporation, on November 13,1978, to carry mail from Topeka to Kansas City, to Wichita, to Hays, and to Dodge City, Kansas. On November 16th, at about 3:00 a.m., the airplane crashed on its…