151009P.pdf   02/23/2016  Kristen Brown  v.  William Davis
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-1009
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Torts. Defendant Williams should have foreseen the risks of 
   transporting an oversized log skidder across a bridge without first 
   stopping oncoming traffic and ordinary persons would have taken 
   precautions to do so; there was sufficient evidence to show that Williams 
   had a legal duty to take appropriate precautions and that he breached that 
   duty of care by failing to stop traffic and by giving the truck's driver a 
   misleading signal; the jury could find defendant's actions were the 
   proximate cause of the accident that killed plaintiff's decedent as the 
   driver's negligence did not break the chain of causation set in motion by 
   defendant's failure to stop the decedent's car from driving onto the 
   bridge and the problem was exacerbated by the negligent warning he gave 
   the driver; no error in denying motion for new trial based on a claim 
   plaintiff's attorney's comment during closing argument prejudiced the jury 
   as defendant opened the door for the comment and the statement was not 
   injurious because the court told the jurors to disregard it.