HODGES v. JOHNSON

No. 8646.

417 S.W.2d 685 (1967)

Wallis E. HODGES et ux., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Edna JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Remittitur Filed July 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel, Clampett, Ellis, Rittershouse & Dalton, Springfield, for defendant-appellant.

Sam F. Hamra, Jr., Springfield, for plaintiffs-respondents.


TITUS, Judge.

This appeal poses but two complaints: (1) the Greene County Circuit Court erred in permitting improper argument by plaintiffs' counsel, and (2) the verdicts are excessive. Only eight months elapsed from the November 24, 1965, automobile accident until the jury awarded Wallis E. Hodges $10,000 and his wife, Beverly R. Hodges, $2,500 on her derivative action for the loss of her husband's "society, consortium...

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