Rutledge v. Johnson

ALLBEE, Justice.

Plaintiff John Durwood Rutledge appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for defendants in this wrongful death action. Plaintiff’s daughter died from injuries suffered in a collision of the automobile she was driving with a truck owned by defendant Kenny Kohls and operated by defendant Steven John Johnson. The accident occurred on July 22, 1974, at a highway intersection in Kossuth County.

In his petition, plaintiff pleaded two counts. The first alleged a cause of action by plaintiff as administrator of his daughter’s estate for damages for wrongful death. The second…