LORRAINE v. E.M. HARRIS BUILDING COMPANY

No. 31887.

391 S.W.2d 939 (1965)

Donna LORRAINE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. E. M. HARRIS BUILDING COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evans & Dixon, John C. Shepherd, Paul V. Gilbert, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Louis S. Czech, Clayton, for plaintiff-respondent.


JAMES W. BROADDUS, Special Commissioner.

This is an action for personal injuries which allegedly occurred when the plaintiff, Donna Lorraine, fell on the front porch of a display house of the defendant. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment and defendant has appealed.

Prior to the voir dire examination plaintiff's counsel, in outlining her case to the jury panel, referred to a wet "wooly" mat on the defendant's porch and stated that as the plaintiff was...

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