WOODWORTH v. KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

No. 44043.

274 S.W.2d 264 (1955)

Anna L. WOODWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

January 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben W. Swofford, Robert A. Schroeder, John C. Milholland, Kansas City, Mo., Leonard O. Thomas, Richard O. Millsap, Kansas City, Kan., for appellant, Anna L. Woodworth. Swofford, Schroeder & Shankland, Kansas City, Mo., Stanley, Stanley, Schroeder, Weeks & Thomas, Kansas City, Kan., of counsel.

Charles L. Carr, R. Carter Tucker, John Murphy, William H. Wilson, J. Gordon Siddens, C. Thomas Carr, Tucker, Murphy, Wilson & Siddens, Kansas City, Mo., for respondent.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when the automobile which she was driving southwardly on 22nd Street was struck by defendant's eastbound streetcar moving on defendant's Chelsea Park Line in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Nine jurors returned a verdict for plaintiff for $13,000; but the trial court set aside the verdict and ensuing judgment and granted defendant a new trial. Plaintiff has appealed.

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