Carpenter Ex Rel. Carpenter v. Birkholm

Dell, Chief Justice.

Four negligence actions were consolidated for trial. For convenience and clarity the plaintiffs and defendants will be referred to by name. There was a verdict for Inez Carpenter Theis for $12,500 and one for Stephen Carpenter for $1,229.71 against Chicago Trailer Transport, Inc., alone, and one for Mary Y. Birkholm for $1,200 and one for E. L. Birkholm for $2,828.20 against Bernhardt Reitz and Chicago Trailer Transport, Inc. Motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdicts in all of the actions or for new trials in two of the actions having been made by Reitz and Chicago…