Missouri Court of Appeals January 14, 1992, No. WD 44200 (Hoefer v. Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc.)

LOWENSTEIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the granting of a directed verdict for the defendants at the end of the plaintiffs’ opening statement. This suit brought under the rescue doctrine is for damages suffered when the appellant Forrest Hoefer was helping the driver of the respondent’s vehicle, which had skidded off an icy highway.