Jones v. Pollock

CHAVEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiffs-appellants for damages arising out of an automobile accident.

Suit was brought by two minor passengers, William Edward Jones and Mary Constance Kirklen, joined by their respective parents, Edward H. Jones and Margie Kirklen, against the minor driver, Ben Harold Pollock, his father, R. L. Pollock, and others. Prior to trial, the district court dismissed the action as to all defendants except the Pollocks, father and son.

The verdict returned by the jury awarded Mary Constance Kirklen “nothing,” her mother…