Jahnke Ex Rel. Jahnke v. Incorporated City of Des Moines

As indicated in the majority opinion, Ronald Eugene Jahnke at time of injury was a passenger in his father’s car on University Avenue in Des Moines. The petition was in two divisions, the first for the minor plaintiff’s damages for personal injuries alleged to be lacerations requiring 35 stitches, a skull fracture, broken fingers, scars and other trauma. The second division was for the father’s past and future medical expense for his son. In this dissent we refer to the son as “plaintiff”.

As the auto was being driven in the 1000 block of University Avenue it was “struck by concrete blocks and…