Navajo Express v. Superior Court

Opinion

SABRAW, J.

Real party in interest Kenneth R. Russo filed suit against petitioners for personal injuries suffered when a pickup truck in which real party was riding was struck by a semitruck driven by Michael Alldridge and leased by Navajo Express and Central States Leasing, petitioners herein. Real party claimed that he sustained brain damage manifested by violent behavior, emotional outbursts, tantrums, a reduction in mental capacity and functioning as well as numerous physical impairments. He furnished a history indicating that he had no prior history of such emotional problems and…