Ellis v. Union Electric Co.

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs Sharron, Vonda and Carrie Ellis appeal from a judgment for defendant Union Electric in their action seeking damages for the wrongful death of Donald Ellis. They claim the trial court erred (1) in permitting defendant to state or imply that it had exceeded its duty with respect to its electric wires under the National Electric Safety Code; (2) by allowing defendant’s expert witness to testify as he was not seasonably identified to plaintiffs, prior to trial; (3) in allowing evidence of decedent’s negligence as such was not pleaded as an affirmative…