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TELLIS v. UNION ELEC. CO.

No. 36749.

536 S.W.2d 742 (1976)

Eva S. TELLIS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

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

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied April 13, 1976.

Application to Transfer Denied June 14, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keefe, Schlafly, Griesedieck & Ferrell, William H. Ferrell, Martin J. Toft, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Klamen, Summers & Compton, Robert Summers, Daniel S. Hapke, Jr., Maureen Swihart, Clayton, for plaintiff-respondent.

McMILLIAN, Judge.

A jury awarded plaintiff, Eva S. Tellis, $50,000 damages against defendant, Union Electric Company (Union Electric), a corporation, for the wrongful death of her husband, Joseph Tellis, who was electrocuted when the boom on a truck being operated by him came into contact with an overhead uninsulated electric wire. Union Electric appeals from the court's entry of judgment on the verdict.

Union Electric contends that the trial court erred in...

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