Parker v. Roszell

WEIER, Judge.

Plaintiff Todd Parker filed suit against the defendant Larry Roszell for personal injuries when hit by a bullet fired from a high-powered rifle by the defendant. Upon trial to a jury, the jury returned a defendant’s verdict. The court granted plaintiff a new trial without specifying any of the grounds set forth in plaintiff’s motion for *599new trial. It thereupon devolved upon plaintiff to file the first brief on appeal. Rule 84.05(b).

Plaintiff’s injuries were sustained as the result of a deer hunting accident. On that day plaintiff, age fifteen years, his father, the defendant and…