Stevens v. Veenstra

Plaintiff appeals as of right from a jury verdict of no cause of action in favor of defendant. We reverse and remand.

As a fourteen-year-old, defendant Aaron Veenstra took a driver’s education course offered through the Calumet Public School system. Veenstra had skipped four grades in elementary school and graduated from high school early. He was taking driver’s education so that he would have transportation to college. Before the driver’s education course, Veenstra had never driven an automobile on a public road in a developed area. On the first day of the driving portion of the class,…