HOPKINS v. ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

No. 31790.

382 S.W.2d 442 (1964)

Mary Lou HOPKINS and William B. Hopkins, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a Corporation, City Products Corporation, a Corporation, Walter C. Stock, and Ronald Casperson, Defendants, St. Louis Public Service Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

September 25, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Ruddy and John D. Schneider, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

F. Douglas O'Leary, St. Louis, for defendant Walter C. Stock.

James T. Williamson, St. Louis, for defendant Ronald Casperson.

Hullverson, Richardson, & Hullverson, Corinne Richardson, Everett Hullverson, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-respondents.


BRADY, Commissioner.

This appeal arises out of a suit for damages wherein the plaintiff, Mary Lou Hopkins, prayed for $35,000 and her husband, William Hopkins, in a separate count of the petition prayed for $10,000 for costs of household help, his wife's medical expenses, and for deprivation of her "* * * aid, assistance, and companionship." The jury's verdict was in favor of Mrs. Hopkins for $15,000 and in favor of William Hopkins in the amount of $4,000. These judgments...

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