PRATER v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD CO.

No. 51739.

410 S.W.2d 76 (1967)

Delores Fay PRATER and John Ernest Prater, Appellants, v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur C. Popham, Sr., E. E. Thompson, Kansas City, for appellants, Popham, Thompson, Popham, Trusty & Conway, Kansas City, of counsel.

George L. Gordon, Sam D. Parker, Jack W. R. Headley, Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., Kansas City, for respondent, Lathrop, Righter, Gordon & Parker, Kansas City, of counsel.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Plaintiffs, John Ernest Prater and Delores Fay Prater, husband and wife, have appealed from an adverse judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in their action for damages in the amount of $40,000 for personal injuries to Delores, and for $25,000 for the wrongful death of their infant son.

In view of the single issue on this appeal, an abbreviated statement of the facts is sufficient. On October 29, 1960, Delores was a passenger...

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