CRAWFORD v. CHILDRESS

No. 39188.

564 S.W.2d 93 (1978)

Lionel CRAWFORD and Karen Crawford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ernest CHILDRESS, Defendant-Respondent.

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

March 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard, Singer & Meehan, Raymond Howard, Kenneth R. Singer, St. Louis, for plaintiffs-appellants

Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel, Keaney & Brown, Joseph H. Mueller, Mark F. Haywood, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


McMILLIAN, Judge.

Appellants Lionel and Karen Crawford appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of respondent Ernest Childress in the circuit court of the City of St. Louis. For reversal appellants argue that the trial court erred in giving respondent's contributory negligence instruction, thus allowing the issue of appellant Lionel Crawford's contributory negligence to be submitted to the jury. For the reasons discussed below, we disagree and accordingly...

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