LAFFERTY v. WATTLE

No. 7957.

349 S.W.2d 519 (1961)

Henry LAFFERTY and Betty Jo Lafferty, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Elmer Alvin WATTLE, Defendant-Appellant.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Motions for Rehearing or to Transfer Overruled September 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bock & Jones, New Madrid, for defendant-appellant.

Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, for plaintiffs-respondents.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs, parents of Judith Lafferty (age thirteen), who met her death in a rear-end vehicular collision on Sunday, March 1, 1959. After a nine-man verdict in the sum of $25,000 and forced remittitur in the sum of $10,000, defendant Wattle has appealed.

The tragedy occurred at dusk or shortly before (car lights had not yet been turned on) on a state-maintained highway officially designated as Route Y at a...

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