Holstedt v. Neighbors

This is a wrongful death case in which a directed verdict was granted by the trial court because it considered the evidence insufficient to submit to the jury.

Action was brought by Robert E. Hol-stedt as administrator of the estate of Pamela Jean Cole who was killed when struck by an automobile operated by Harriet Churchill Neighbors, defendant. The child was three and one-half years old. At the time of the accident Mrs. Neighbors was backing an automobile inside a motel courtyard. During the backing her vehicle struck the child who was a guest at the motel, and the child died the same day…