SCHAFFER v. BESS

Nos. 58714, 58736 and 58769.

822 S.W.2d 871 (1991)

Margaret SCHAFFER, et al. Plaintiffs/Respondents/Cross-Appellants, v. James L. BESS and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendants/Appellants/Cross-Respondents. Margaret SCHAFFER, Next Friend for Julie SCHAFFER and Edward Schaffer, Plaintiffs/Cross-Respondents, and Martha Schaffer, Successor Next Friend for Julie Schaffer and Edward Schaffer, Plaintiffs/Cross-Appellants, and Michelle Schaffer Brickeen and Robin Schaffer Sillman, Plaintiffs, v. James L. BESS and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

October 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Swafford, Rochelle Kaskowitz, St. Louis, for defendants/appellants/cross-respondents.

Randall D. Sherman, Hillsboro, John Hughes, St. Louis, Robert G. Kister, Festus, for plaintiffs/respondents/cross-appellants.


STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") appeals from the trial court's order denying State Farm's motion for a directed verdict at the close of all evidence. State Farm contends that the plaintiffs/respondents/cross-appellants failed to prove a direct and proximate causal relationship between the acts or omissions of an uninsured motorist, David Friese, and the accident between James L. Bess...

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