Section 7 Admissible

• Library: Damages 2012

In Fishang v. Eyermann Contracting Co., 63 S.W.2d 30, 36 (Mo. 1933), the plaintiff had been in the ice and coal business for seven months before his injury. He bought the route for $300, and his truck was worth about $100. For each of the seven months preceding the injury, his profits, though varying in different months, averaged $300. Since the injury, his net earnings had been $100 per month because he was required to employ two men steadily, paying them $100 per month each. This evidence supported the...