JONES v. ST. LOUIS HOUSING AUTHORITY

Nos. 51029, 51031 and 51081.

726 S.W.2d 766 (1987)

Edna JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant/Respondent, v. ST. LOUIS HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Respondent/Appellant, v. Geter RHYMES, d/b/a Rhymes Landscaping Company, Defendant-Respondent/Appellant, and the Toro Company, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied March 11, 1987.

Application to Transfer Denied April 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Goldblatt, Fox, Goldblatt & Singer, Inc., St. Louis, for Edna Jones.

Joel D. Monson and Stuart M. Haw, Anderson, Gilbert, Wolfort, Wolfort, Allen & Bierman, St. Louis, for St. Louis Housing Authority.

Russell Watters, Brown, James & Rabbitt, P.C., St. Louis, for Geter Rhymes.

Kenneth W. Bean, Shepherd, Sandberg, & Phoenix, St. Louis, and Robert Wallis, Haynes, Fullenweider, Houston, Tex., for Toro Co.


KAROHL, Judge.

Plaintiff sued three defendants for the wrongful death of her son. Plaintiff's son, Larry Jones, was struck in the head by a stick thrown from a Toro lawn mower. The jury found defendants St. Louis Housing Authority (Housing Authority) negligent as landowner and Geter Rhymes, d/b/a Rhymes Landscaping Company, negligent as operator of the lawn mower. The jury found in favor of Toro Company, the manufacturer of a riding lawn mower, on plaintiff's products...

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