Blase v. Bi-State Development Agency

GUNN, Judge.

Suit for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff-appellant while a passenger on one of defendant-respondent’s buses. After a trial and jury verdict of $45,000.00 in favor of plaintiff and judgment entered on the verdict, defendant moved for a directed verdict or in the alternative for a new trial, alleging prejudicial error in the instructions. Motion for new trial was granted and plaintiff appeals. We find that the trial court properly granted the motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff boarded defendant’s bus at the corner of 8th and Locust Streets in St. Louis at approximately 7:30…