Carnation Company v. Wong

This is a personal injury case involving the failure of plaintiffs, King Son Wong and wife, Bobbie Joan Wong, to wear available seat belts when the automobile they were driving was involved in a collision caused by the negligence of co-defendant Ben Johnson, who at the time was driving a truck for co-defendant Carnation Company. The Wongs suffered injuries from the accident; and in response to special issues, the jury found their failure to wear available seat belts was negligence and the proximate cause of their injuries —50% of the injuries in the husband’s case and 70% in the wife’s. The…