CAPRIGLIONE v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 49942.

376 S.W.2d 205 (1964)

Georgia CAPRIGLIONE, Respondent, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

March 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mohler, Donald K. King, Wm. C. Sullivan, Leo E. Eickhoff, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Paul H. Koenig, Roberts P. Elam, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.


COIL, Commissioner.

Mrs. Capriglione sought $25,000 as damages for alleged personal injuries she sustained as the result of the averred negligence of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, a corporation. We shall sometimes refer to the parties as they were designated in the trial court. A jury's verdict was for the defendant. The trial court granted plaintiff a new trial for the stated reason that the court erred in giving contributory negligence instruction 3-A. Defendant...

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