TRIPP v. CHOATE

No. 52310.

415 S.W.2d 808 (1967)

Cornell TRIPP and Beatrice K. Tripp, Respondents, v. Wendell CHOATE and Bruce Larkins, a Partnership, d/b/a Larkins and Choate, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

June 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joslyn & Josyln, Charleston, for respondents.

Dwight Crader, Sikeston, for appellants.


BARRETT, Commissioner.

In this action for the wrongful death of their son Ronnie Tripp, age 16, while employed by the appellants, Choate and Larkins, a jury awarded the parents, Cornell and Beatrice Tripp, $25,000.00 damages. The charge and submission of negligence and liability was that his employers knowingly used Parathion DDT, a poisonous chemical, as a corn spray and directed Ronnie's mixing of the chemical with water...

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