Elsperman v. Plump

RATLIFF, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Frank D. and Connie E. Elsperman, parents of DeWayne G. Elsperman, appeal from a judgment of the Vanderburgh Superior Court setting aside a jury verdict in their favor and entering a judgment for Norman A. Plump and The Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge # 85 in a wrongful death action brought by Elspermans. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On April 20, 1981, DeWayne Elsperman, born December 17, 1979, was killed in a collision involving an automobile driven by his mother and in which he was a passenger and a car driven by one James Ewers. The collision occurred about…