Alman v. Anderson

Marietta Joan Alman was struck and injured by a vehicle operated by Gerhart Stephen Anderson as she walked along the westbound lane of U. S. Highway No. 12 near Cokato, Minnesota. Alman was taken to a hospital where a sample of her blood was drawn pursuant to the request of a Minnesota highway patrolman. The analysis of Alman’s blood sample was excluded at trial on the theory that the blood had not been drawn with her consent. The trial court also declined to permit a highway patrolman to render his opinion concerning the point of impact between Alman and the vehicle. The jury found Alman…