Mitchell ex rel. Mitchell v. Turner

GARRARD, Judge.

This action was brought under the Indiana Guest Statute 1 to recover damages for injuries sustained in a collision occurring in Hammond, Indiana. On May 16, 1980, 15 year old Keith Mitchell was a passenger in a car driven by 16 year old Curtis Turner, an acquaintance of Keith's. While Curtis was attempting to negotiate a left hand turn at the intersection of 171st Street and Calumet Avenue in Hammond, his car was struck on the passenger side by a semi-tractor-trailer driven by Larry Dalton. Keith Mitchell suffered severe injuries leaving him a quadriplegic.

Keith Mitchell and…