Hooven v. Moen

This appeal is from a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action for personal injuries sustained when she was struck by an automobile owned by the defendants Flakstad and operated by their employee, defendant Jack Moen.

The appeal presents the usual question in such cases: Was the respondent guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law? This depends on the facts. While the evidence was in conflict in some respects, the jury had evidence before it from which it might reasonably conclude as follows:

The respondent, in company with her daughter and two sons, all adults, drove…