Wood v. Copeland Lumber Co.

This appeal is prosecuted from an order denying a petition to vacate a judgment. The litigation has been protracted. Carroll Wood, then thirteen years of age, was injured February 28, 1946, when struck by a truck owned by the Copeland Lumber Company and driven by Frank Pitardi. An action brought by the appellant as the minor’s guardian ad litem resulted in a verdict for the defendants, respondents here. An appeal to this court resulted in the granting of a new trial. Wood v. Copeland Lbr. Co., 32 Wn. (2d) 490, 202 P. (2d) 453 (1949). The second trial also resulted in a verdict for the…