HANLON v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 33780.

462 S.W.2d 146 (1970)

Robert HANLON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

December 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence O. Willbrand, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

James A. Hesse, Charles P. Lippert, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


CLEMENS, Commissioner.

Plaintiff truck driver got a $5,000 verdict and judgment for injuries suffered when he slipped and fell on wet cardboard lying on defendant's freight house floor. In due time the trial court granted defendant's after-trial motion for judgment in accordance with its prior motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff appeals.

The defendant's liability hinges on the plaintiff's lack of prior knowledge about the dangerous condition to which...

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