HUNT v. LACLEDE GAS COMPANY

No. 51279.

406 S.W.2d 33 (1966)

James HUNT, Appellant, v. LACLEDE GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer Denied September 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Hayes, Hayes & Hayes, St. Louis, William L. Mason, Jr., Galena, for appellant.

M. E. Stokes, F. Douglas O'Leary, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary & Jaeckel, St. Louis, for respondent.


Motion for Rehearing or for Transfer to Court En Banc Denied September 12, 1966.

HOUSER, Commissioner.

A trial jury awarded James Hunt $60,000 in his action against Laclede Gas Company for damages for personal injuries sustained when an explosion of gas enveloped him in fire while sealing a joint inside a newly installed 5-foot sewer pipe. Laclede's post-trial motion for judgment in accordance with its motions for a directed verdict was sustained. Plaintiff...

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