WELCH v. HESSTON CORP.

Nos. 37087, 37091.

540 S.W.2d 127 (1976)

Alvin L. WELCH, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. HESSTON CORPORATION and Alvin Adams, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

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

Motion for Transfer Denied August 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schaper & Woods, Bowling Green, Kortenhof & Ely, Joseph M. Kortenhof, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants.

McIlroy & Millan, Bowling Green, for plaintiff-respondent.


McMILLIAN, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a jury verdict awarding $10,000 to plaintiff for personal injuries sustained while fighting a fire in a haystacker. We reverse.

Plaintiff submitted his case against Adams on a theory of negligence in the operation of a tractor used to pull the haystacker. Liability of Hesston Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Hesston) was founded on a theory of liability arising from a defect in the design and manufacture of the...

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