Beavers v. Christensen

This is an action by Barbara Beavers, plaintiff, against Peter O. Christensen, defendant, for personal injuries allegedly sustained when a stock truck owned by the defendant and driven by one James A. Easley, collided with the rear end of an automobile in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger. The trial court instructed the jury as a matter of law that the negligence of the defendant’s driver was the proximate cause of the collision and that the negligence of said driver was chargeable to the defendant.

The only fact question submitted to the jury was the extent and amount of the…