CRAIN v. WEBSTER ELEC. COOPERATIVE

Nos. 10030, 10031.

568 S.W.2d 781 (1978)

Coney CRAIN, Plaintiff-Respondent and Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WEBSTER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Defendant-Appellant and Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.

Motion for Rehearing and Application to Transfer Denied June 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Fisher, William H. McDonald, Woolsey, Fisher, Clark, Whiteaker & Stenger, Springfield, for defendant-appellant and defendant-respondent.

Bernard A. Barken, St. Louis, Turner White, III, Springfield, for plaintiff-respondent and plaintiff-appellant.

Before STONE, P. J., and HOGAN and FLANIGAN, JJ.


FLANIGAN, Judge.

This is an action for the wrongful death of Danny Allen Crain who was electrocuted on December 14, 1972, when he came into contact with a power line owned by defendant Webster Electric Cooperative ("Webster"). Danny was born June 28, 1952. Coney Crain, Danny's surviving father, is the plaintiff. A jury found in favor of plaintiff and the verdict was in the amount of $41,600. Defendant appeals.

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