WESSELS v. GIPFEL

No. 36046.

522 S.W.2d 653 (1975)

Tonya Georgette WESSELS, a minor, by Luanna Sams, her next friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Howard GIPFEL, Jr., Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division 4.

April 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friedman & Fredericks, Oval A. Phipps, Clayton, for plaintiff-appellant.

Heneghan & Roberts, Inc., Kemper R. Coffelt, Jay G. Newquist, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


ALDEN A. STOCKARD, Special Judge.

Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment of the circuit court dismissing her petition for compensatory damages resulting from the alleged wrongful death of her putative father.

Certain facts are admitted, or for the purpose of this appeal are assumed by the parties. George Wessels, age twenty-five, met his death on October 24, 1971, by reason of the negligence of Howard Gipfel, Jr., respondent. At the time George Wessels was...

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