Court Opinion

ID: 9532804
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:24:57.07388+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:50.684646
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Hill, J.
(dissenting) — I dissent. I cannot agree that any juror would, or could, have failed to understand that the negligence of the father was not an issue in this case, after the trial court had instructed the jurors:
“ . . . that the negligence, if any, of the father cannot be imputed to the minor plaintiff in this case.
“You are further instructed that under the circumstances that the negligence of the father, if you so find, will not absolve the defendant from liability of any acts of negligence of the defendant.”
The case was presented to the jury on proper instructions on the issue of whether the defendant driver’s negligence was the cause of the original trauma, and I would affirm the judgment of dismissal based on the verdict of the jury.
Weaver and Ott, JJ., concur with Hill, J.
October 26, 1962. Petition for rehearing denied.