Naranen v. Harders

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Matt Naranen and his wife, and Gust Frankie and his wife, from an adverse jury verdict and dismissal of their action for personal injuries and damages against the defendants Harders and Moyer. The action arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on November 27, 1965, shortly after 6 p.m., approximately 5 miles west of Aberdeen, Washington, on state highway 105.

On the same afternoon of the accident, the defendant, Harold Moyer, had purchased a new 1966 Chevrolet. Shortly before the accident, he and the defendant, Charles Harders, were testing the…