HAWK v. UNION ELEC. CO.

No. 56701.

798 S.W.2d 173 (1990)

Thomas HAWK and Joan Hawk, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Albair, Clayton, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Martin J. Toft, III, Ann Elizabeth Buckley, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly, Davis & Dicus, St. Louis, for defendant-respondent.


SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment based upon a jury verdict in favor of Union Electric in a personal injury case. We affirm.

Thomas Hawk, hereinafter designated as plaintiff, received severe back and wrist injuries when he fell off a ladder as he was descending from his roof after effectuating some repairs. He testified that the fall occurred because he sustained a shock when he inadvertently touched an uninsulated electric wire belonging to...

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