Epple v. Western Auto Supply Co.

548 S.W.2d 535 (1977)

Lawrence K. EPPLE, Jr., et al., Respondents,

v.

WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY COMPANY et al., Appellants.

No. 59683.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 14, 1977.

Dissenting Opinion April 11, 1977.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1977.

Paul S. Brown, St. Louis, for appellants.

Alan G. Kimbrell, St. Louis, for respondents.

BARDGETT, Judge.

This case involves a suit brought by plaintiffs-respondents to recover damages arising from the death of their parents who were killed in a head-on collision of the parents' car with a truck owned by defendant-appellant, Western Auto Co., and being operated…