Peckskamp v. McDowall

Frank T. Gallagher, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court following a directed verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiffs’ case.

On June 12, 1964, Michael Peckskamp, a 9-year-old boy, was run over at an intersection in St. Cloud, Minnesota, by a truck driven by defendant Michael Jon Nystrom and owned by defendants George J. McDowall and Grace A. McDowall, a partnership doing business as McDowall Company. Two actions were started, one by Michael Peckskamp by his father and natural guardian, Albert Peckskamp, and one by the father in his own right to recover…