WINTERS v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

No. 37373.

554 S.W.2d 565 (1977)

Benson L. WINTERS et al., Respondent, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., Appellant.

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

July 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Ely, Robertson, Ely & Wieland, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John H. Marshall, Robert H. Burns, Clayton, for plaintiffs-respondents.


STEWART, Judge.

Defendant, Sears, Roebuck & Co., appeals from a jury verdict in favor of Benson and Alta Winters and their insurer, Western Casualty & Surety Co., in an action based on strict liability in tort for damages to the Winters' home caused by a fire involving a television set sold to Winters by Sears. Sears contends that the trial court erred in denying its motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or alternatively for a new trial because...

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