Court Opinion

ID: 9741171
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:50:32.793942+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:47.864445
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion
Arterburn, C.J.
I concur in this opinion, but wish to add that I feel that if there were any error in this case it was the attempted exclusion of the fact that a small boy was killed at the same time in the same accident.
It is well settled that all the surrounding circumstances are part of the res gestae of an accident and are admissible. I therefore conclude that it would have been improper for the trial court to have excluded evidence relating to such pertinent matters. The simultaneous death of the boy is a part of the circumstances from which the jury may draw conclusions as to the extent of the accident.
Givan, J., concurs.
Note.—Reported in 286 N. E. 2d 666.