POLITTE v. UNION ELEC. CO.

No. 66372.

899 S.W.2d 590 (1995)

Vernon B. POLITTE, Jr., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant/Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

June 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor T. Avellino, Mark I. Bronson, Newman & Bronson, St. Louis, for plaintiff/appellant.

James J. Virtel, Ann E. Buckley, Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly & Davis, St. Louis, for defendant/respondent.


SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from the granting of a motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's opening statement in a personal injury case arising from plaintiff being severely shocked while climbing upon one of defendant's high voltage electrical transmission towers. We affirm.

On the Friday prior to trial the court and parties had a discussion concerning the case. The court expressed at that time serious concern about the submissibility...

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