Hellriegel v. Tholl

This is an appeal by a plaintiff from the dismissal of his complaint at the end of the plaintiff’s evidence. Wolf-Jurgen Hellriegel, plaintiff’s teen-age son, was seriously injured when three of his friends tried to throw him into Lake Washington during an afternoon spent in water-skiing, sunbathing, and engaging in horseplay. The defendants in the suit are these three teen-age friends of plaintiff’s son. Plaintiff sued in his own behalf for recovery of the cost of the medical care for his son, and sued in his son’s behalf for the loss of income and for the temporary total disability and the…