Gustafson v. Mathews

Frederick W. Gustafson, Sr., and four of his children were killed when the car they were riding in collided with a truck; a fifth child was injured seriously. Gustafson’s widow filed suit in her own behalf, as guardian of the surviving child, and as administrator of the other four children’s estates, naming as defendants her husband’s estate, the truck driver’s employer, and the owners of two taverns that Gustafson had visited before the accident. That portion of the amended complaint involved in this appeal seeks recovery from the taverns and relies on theories of common law negligence. The…