NIELSEN v. DIERKING

No. 52256.

418 S.W.2d 146 (1967)

Thomas Scott NIELSEN, a minor, by his father and next friend, Ralph A. Nielsen, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Martha DIERKING, Administratrix of the Estate of George S. Dierking, Deceased, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

September 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Gibson, Byron J. Beck, Morrison, Hecker, Cozad & Morrison, Kansas City, for plaintiff-respondent.

Thomas E. Deacy, Jr., Joseph A. Sherman, Joseph W. Amick, Deacy & Deacy, Kansas City, for defendant-appellant.


FINCH, Presiding Justice.

The jury returned a verdict for defendant in a suit wherein plaintiff sought $350,000 for personal injuries received when he was run over by a school bus operated by defendant's decedent. The trial court sustained plaintiff's motion for a new trial and defendant appeals.

The trial court assigned two grounds for sustaining plaintiff's motion for a new trial. Both concerned the admission of certain evidence by the trial court and involve...

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