Ornder v. Childers

BOHLING, Commissioner.

Cleo G. Ornder, plaintiff, had a judgment, in accordance with the verdict of the jury, against Clyde R. Childers, Jr., defendant, for $20,000 as a result of personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision when, as defendant was in the act of overtaking and passing plaintiff, plaintiff made a left turn onto an intersecting gravel road and defendant’s automobile ran into the rear of plaintiff’s truck. Plaintiff’s case was submitted on primary negligence and under the humanitarian doctrine. The court, at defendant’s request, gave instructions on the burden of proof,…