Shewmaker v. Richeson ex rel. Richeson

CLAY, Commissioner.

This appeal is from a $39,000 judgment for personal injuries sustained by Brenda Richeson, eleven years old, in a collision between an automobile in which she was riding and an automobile driven by appellant Shewmaker, an employee of his co-appellant,' The Ashland Oil and Refining Company. The accident, a head-on collision, occurred during daylight. Several grounds are urged for reversal.

The road was 16 feet wide and without a line marking the center. The defendants’ car, a Plymouth, was traveling westward and entered the inside of a sharp curve. Defendant Shewmaker was…