Bradshaw Ex Rel. Bradshaw v. Fields

DOOLIN, Justice:

In this personal injury action, plaintiff Lyle Bradshaw appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendants, David Fields and his father. The sole issue raised by Bradshaw on appeal is whether or not trial court committed reversible error in submitting the question of contributory negligence to the jury. We hold that it did not.

Bradshaw, seventeen years of age at the time, was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by defendant David Fields. David was then fifteen years old and unlicensed. David’s pickup collided with another pickup at a rural intersection. Bradshaw sued David…