State Ex Rel. Girard v. Percich, 557 S.W.2d 25 (1977)

Citation: State Ex Rel. Girard v. Percich, 557 S.W.2d 25 (1977)
Parent Document: State Ex Rel. Girard v. Percich, 557 S.W.2d 25 (1977)
Jurisdiction: Missouri (state)
Effective Date: 1977-08-30
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1737420/state-ex-rel-girard-v-percich/ ↗

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Petitioners testified repeatedly that in adopting and implementing the policy of following, violence of every kind was expressly prohibited. Nonetheless, there were frequent episodes of dangerous and violent conduct accompanying instances of following both before and, to a lesser extent, after the restraining orders were issued. One customer, testified that on two occasions prior to the restraining orders and once after their issuance he was followed from Lohr’s by three or four carloads of strikers. While operating on public streets they would maneuver their vehicles in front of his trucks and at times drive at speeds of less than five miles per hour. At other intervals along the route they would jam on their brakes or come to complete halt in traffic lanes in an effort to bring about collisions between their vehicles and the beer trucks. In addition, the trucks were intermittently bombarded with rocks and ball bearings; roofing nails were strewn on the roadway. Because of these and similar acts of violence occurring during the following and because acts of vandalism occurring shortly thereafter, customers testified that they felt intimidated by and were fearful of the following even when it was ostensibly peaceful. 9

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