Pieper Ex Rel. Pieper v. Harmeyer

RAWLINGS, Justice.

Actions arising from a rural road multiple vehicle collision resulted in judgment on directed verdicts for two defendants under the guest statute, and judgment on jury verdict for the other two defendants on negligence counts. Plaintiffs appeal. We affirm in part, reverse in part.

April 2, 1972, report of a motor vehicle collision on a secondary gravel road was received by Lee County sheriff’s office. Defendant Dan E. West (West), a deputy, responded to the call in a patrol car owned by defendant sheriff Don E. Arnold (Arnold).

At the accident scene West observed what was…