Dick v. Scott Construction Co.

GUNN, Judge.

Plaintiff-respondent ran into the rear end of defendant-appellant’s road grader and suffered severe injuries for which she has sought recompense. The first trial of this case resulted in a judgment for $35,000 in favor of plaintiff and against the defendant. The defendant appealed the first judgment to the Supreme Court and was successful in obtaining a reversal and remand for new trial of the case on the basis of an improper submission to the jury. Bounds v. Scott Construction Co., 498 S.W.2d 765 (Mo.1973).1 We are now on the appeal of the second trial in which the plaintiff was…