Harlan v. Curbo

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The three plaintiff-appellants, Billy N. Harlan, his wife, Cherry Harlan, and their five-year-old son, Robert Harlan, brought this action for personal injuries and property damage sustained when their car ran into the back of a car being driven by the minor appellee, Jan Curbo. The collision occurred on Highway 33 at a point several miles south of Augusta. It was the plaintiffs’ theory that Curbo negligently backed out of a driveway onto the highway and had just started moving forward when his vehicle was struck from behind by the oncoming Harlan car.

The case was…