GROTHE v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY CO.

No. 54765.

460 S.W.2d 711 (1970)

Kathryn GROTHE, Wife of Clifford J. Grothe, Deceased, and Jean Marie Grothe, Barbara Ann Grothe, Joseph Francis Grothe and Steven Michael Grothe, Minor Children of Clifford J. Grothe, Deceased, by and through Kathryn Grothe, their Mother and Next Friend, Respondents, v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY CO., a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman, Nixon, Smith & Howald, Robert Lee Smith, Hillsboro, for plaintifs-respondents.

James M. Reeves, Ward & Reeves, Caruthersville, for appellant; John E. McCullough, St. Louis, of counsel.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied December 14, 1970.

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

In this joint action by surviving spouse and minor children against railroad for damages for wrongful death of husband and father, a jury awarded plaintiffs $50,000 and judgment was entered accordingly.

Clifford J. Grothe, age 35, died December 21, 1967, from injuries received that date when the motor vehicle which he was operating was struck by defendant...

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