Dawson v. Olson

BAKES, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action arising out of a traffic accident in which Nathaniel and Hazel Dawson, husband and wife, were killed when the pickup truck driven by Hazel Dawson was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant Ronald T. Olson, an uninsured motorist. The accident occurred on January 12, 1968. On September 17, 1968, the plaintiffs, the children of Nathaniel Dawson, brought a wrongful death action against Olson. The Dawsons’ automobile insurer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, petitioned to intervene on the ground that because the Dawson’s policy…