Hendershot v. Minich

EAGER, Presiding Judge.

This is a suit for damages of $15,000 for the alleged wrongful death of plaintiffs’ son, Saron Dale Hendershot, who was not quite 12 years old at his death. There was a nine-man verdict for the defendant, but the court sustained plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial upon the stated grounds that the “verdict of jury is against the weight of the evidence and for error in giving defendant’s Instruction No. 3.” Defendant has appealed from that order. Section 512.-020, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. Defendant, accompanied by his wife and children, was driving a 1951 Studebaker car…