WEST v. JACK COOPER TRANSPORT CO.

No. 50546.

381 S.W.2d 872 (1964)

Louie R. WEST, Respondent, v. JACK COOPER TRANSPORT COMPANY, a Corporation, and Stephen D. Hinshaw, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Thomson, Harold T. VanDyke, John R. Cleary, Kansas City, Linde, Thomson, VanDyke, Fairchild & Langworthy, Kansas City, of counsel, for plaintiff-respondent.

Ike Skelton, Jr., N. R. Bradley, Ike Skelton, Skelton & Bradley, Lexington, of counsel, for appellants.


EAGER, Chief Justice.

This case was transferred here from the Kansas City Court of Appeals by our order of transfer. Its opinion appears at 372 S.W.2d 642. The suit is one for personal injuries in which plaintiff recovered $15,000 against the driver and the owner of a transport tractor-trailer. The submission was solely under the Kansas "last clear chance" doctrine; the collision occurred...

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