BAKER v. ECKELKAMP

No. 54225.

760 S.W.2d 178 (1988)

Lisa BAKER, n/k/a Lisa Vick, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. L.B. ECKELKAMP, Jr.; William W. Eckelkamp; Trustee for Judith Ann Eckelkamp Trust; Trustee for Susan Ellen Eckelkamp Trust; Louis B. Eckelkamp, Inc. and Eckelkamp Investment Co., Partners of the Diamond Enterprise, Defendants-Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

November 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Piontek, Washington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gary E. Snodgrass, William M. Corrigan, Jr., St. Louis, for defendants-respondents.


REINHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff and her family were guests at defendants' motel. While swimming in the motel pool, plaintiff was injured in a collision with another swimmer as she surfaced from a dive. Plaintiff sued defendants for negligence. At the end of plaintiff's case on liability the trial court sustained defendants' motion for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff had failed to prove "causation." We affirm.

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