Bunch v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

This is an action to recover damages in the sum of $100,000 for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on January 21, 1960, when the automobile he was driving was struck by the leading coal car of four being pushed by a locomotive at the crossing of the defendant’s tracks and Caronde-let Boulevard in the City of St. Louis. The case was submitted to the jury under the humanitarian doctrine for failure of the defendant to slacken the speed of the locomotive and coal cars. The jury, being unable to agree on a verdict, was discharged and a mistrial declared on…