Duck Ex Rel. Duck v. Modern Roadways, Inc.

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Upon trial of this action arising out of a motor vehicle accident, the jury by special verdict found plaintiff Barry Kevin Duck, a minor and driver of his father’s automobile, to be 50-percent causally negligent, precluding recovery for personal-injury damages. Plaintiffs’ appeal raises these issues: Whether it was reversible error (1) to deny plaintiffs’ pretrial motion to rule irrelevant and prejudicial any reference during trial to plaintiff driver’s use of marijuana which ceased approximately 13 hours prior to the accident; (2) to direct the jury that plaintiff driver…