COOPER v. 804 GRAND BLDG. CORP.

No. 43097.

257 S.W.2d 649 (1953)

COOPER v. 804 GRAND BLDG. CORP.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Raymond, Kansas City, and Lowell L. Knipmeyer, Kansas City, for appellant. Parker & Knipmeyer, Kansas City, of counsel.

Albert Thomson, Davis, Thomson, Van Dyke & Fairchild, Kansas City, for respondent.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

This is an action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when she was struck by a piece of roofing material alleged to have fallen from a superstructure or penthouse on the roof of defendant's seven-story building, known as the Central Exchange Building, situate at 804 Grand Avenue, Kansas City. Plaintiff relied upon the inference of negligence permitted by the res ipsa loquitur doctrine. A jury returned a verdict...

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