Steadman v. Shackelton

This case was originally assigned to Judge Schwellenbach and was reassigned after his death.

The appeal involves two personal injury actions consolidated for trial, arising out of the head-on collision of two passenger automobiles, which occurred on February 19, 1955, on the Pend Oreille highway twelve to fourteen miles south of lone in Pend Oreille county, as a result of which George Steadman, the driver of one of the vehicles, was killed, and L. Y. Carl, the driver of the other vehicle, was seriously injured. The widow of Steadman, who was riding with him when the collision occurred, brought…