GANT v. HANKS

No. 42045.

614 S.W.2d 740 (1981)

Joseph GANT, a minor, et al., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Claude HANKS, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

March 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hullverson, Hullverson & Frank, Inc., Thomas C. Hullverson, Stephen H. Ringkamp, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Godfrey, Vandover & Burns, Inc., James E. Godfrey, Robert D. Andrekanic, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


GUNN, Judge.

While caddying for defendant Hanks, plaintiff was struck in the head by a golf ball hit by Hanks. Jury verdict was for Hanks and plaintiff appeals alleging certain instructional error and the admission of certain testimony deemed irrelevant. We affirm.

On the day of the accident, plaintiff was thirteen years of age. He had been assigned to caddy for Hanks at the Forest Hills Golf and Country Club in St. Louis County, and, incidentally, it was...

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