Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. Evers

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in an automobile accident. The defendants were William F. Evers and Union Pacific Railroad Company. The District Court sustained a motion for summary judgment by the Union Pacific Railroad Company and dismissed that defendant. The plaintiff has appealed.

On April 18, 1966, the plaintiff, Patricia Ann Johnson, then a 9-year-old girl, was a passenger in a car driven by her mother, Frieda Johnson. There was a head-on collision between the Johnson car and a car driven by William F. Evers. The accident occurred on a highway in Garden…