Dreyer v. Zero Refrigeration Lines, Inc.

McQUADE, Justice.

This is a personal injury action arising out of an automobile accident. The only question presented, in our view of this appeal, is whether the record contains sufficient evidence to require upholding a jury verdict that some negligence of respondent J. D. Thompson was a proximate cause of injuries sustained by appellant Sylvia S. Dreyer in that accident.

On special interrogatories, the jury found negligence by the driver of the automobile in which Sylvia S. had been riding was a proximate cause of her injuries. This driver was Leslie Dreyer, adopted son of appellants Sylvia…