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FIELDS v. MISSOURI POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

No. 49712.

374 S.W.2d 17 (1963)

Otis FIELDS, Appellant, v. MISSOURI POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, Respondent, and Vincent B. Becker and J. E. Evers, doing business as Becker and Evers Maytag Company, Appellants, and Elmore Turner and Calvin Jones, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer Denied January 13, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rozier, Carson, Inglish, Nacy & Monaco, Jefferson City, Edward V. Sweeney, Monett, William H. Burden, Joplin, for appellant Otis Fields.

John L. Hearne, Jefferson City, William H. Sanders, Dean F. Arnold, Kansas City, for appellants Vincent B. Becker and J. E. Evers; Keyes, Bushman & Hearne, Jefferson City, Caldwell, Blackwell, Sanders & Matheny, Kansas City, of counsel.

J. D. James, Henry Andrae, Hendren & Andrae, Robert L. Hawkins, Jr., Graham & Hawkins, Jefferson City, for respondent Missouri Power & Light Co.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer to Court En Banc Denied January 13, 1964.

STOCKARD, Commissioner.

This is an action by Otis Fields to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on August 11, 1958, from an explosion of gas in a room which he occupied as a tenant. The jury returned a verdict for $100,000 in favor of plaintiff and against Elmore Turner, the owner of the house. It also returned a verdict against plaintiff and in favor of defendants Missouri...

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