Elsberry v. Lewis

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This is a wrongful death action by the children of Mrs. Marie Lewis, who was killed when an automobile driven by her and one driven by Elsberry and owned by his father suffered a head-on collision while rounding an S-curve. The physical evidence suggested that plaintiffs’ decedent’s vehicle suffered primary damage to its left front, while that of the defendant was spread across the front of the vehicle. The defendant’s vehicle spun around in the road while that of Mrs. Lewis was stopped or pushed backward and off the right side of the highway. A witness who heard the…