Van Der Hout v. Johnson

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for the defendant based on a jury verdict in an action to recover damages for personal injuries.

! -The defendant is the administrator of the estate of Pierre Scott Johnson, deceased, who died of a heart attack shortly after an accident in which the plaintiff, Michael van der Hout, then ten years of age, was injured, allegedly as the result of the negligence of the deceased in the operation of his automobile.

The facts are unusual. The accident occurred on June 10,1966, in the afternoon at the northeast corner of Sandy Boulevard and 33rd Avenue in Portland. The…