Farwell v. Keaton

This is a wrongful death action brought by plaintiff for the death of his son. The lawsuit was tried before a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against defendant Siegrist in the amount of $15,000; at the same time the jury returned a verdict of no cause of action in favor of defendants Brock and Daniel Keaton. A default judgment was entered against defendants Ingland and Donald Keaton, who never appeared.

Factually, it appears that, on August 26, 1966, Richard Murray Farwell, deceased 18-year-old son of the plaintiff, visited the home of his friend, David Siegrist, a…