VAN DOREN v. COOK

No. 46685.

672 S.W.2d 724 (1984)

Dorothy VAN DOREN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elsie COOK, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray Stone, St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Don B. Sommers, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


SIMON, Judge.

Dorothy Van Doren, the tenant (plaintiff), appeals from a judgment in favor of Elsie Cook, the landlord (defendant), in an action for injuries sustained by plaintiff in a fall on the steps of her rented residence. Judgment was entered pursuant to a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.

On appeal, the plaintiff contends that the trial court erred: (1) in submitting an erroneous contributory negligence instruction (modified...

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