Kauffman v. Carlisle Cement Products Co.

Opinion by

Gebcone, J.,

This is an appeal by plaintiff from the lower court’s granting of defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in a trespass action.

Minor plaintiff, Michelle E. Kauffman, was a rear seat passenger in an automobile operated by Thelma Troup, who was killed in a collision between her automobile and the truck of the defendant, Carlisle Cement Products Co., Inc., which at the time of the accident was driven by an employee of the company, Clyde Myers. Thelma Troup’s husband, Lawrence L. Troup, is the administrator of the estate of his deceased wife and was made the additional…