Kelly v. Kansas City Public Service Company

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The plaintiff, Gerald R. Kelly, driving a 1956 Plymouth station wagon north on Prospect Avenue passed through the light-controlled intersection of 27th Street and by reason of a “traffic jam” at 26th Street stopped with the traffic ahead opposite 2619 Prospect, just behind a Sears delivery truck. While he was thus stopped a Kansas City Public Service Company trolley bus, operated by Harold B. Backer, ran into the rear end of the stopped station wagon, jamming the front end of it into the rear end of the stopped Sears truck. To recover damages for his resulting personal…