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FOWLER v. PARK CORP.

No. 65313.

673 S.W.2d 749 (1984)

Herbert J. FOWLER, Jr., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PARK CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Mehan, Jr., Richard O. Funsch, St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

Morris B. Chapman, Granite City, Ill., Edward L. Dowd, Douglas P. Dowd, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.

BLACKMAR, Judge.

The plaintiff, Herbert J. Fowler, Jr., 19 years old at the time of his injury on October 10, 1978, suffered the loss of both legs above the knee when he was pitched through the bottom of a moving hopper car that was accidentally coupled to a string of rail cars being pulled by a switch engine in an industrial park. He recovered a judgment of $6,000,000 against defendant Park Corporation. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, reversed and...

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