Sturdivant v. Polk

Marshall, Judge.

Appellants, an 11-year-old child and her father, brought an action for personal injury based on negligence and gross negligence against appellee for his operation of a pickup truck in which the appellant child was riding. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the appellee, from which appellants appeal.

The record shows that the appellant child was riding in the back of appellee’s pickup truck with some other children. The children had attended a church outing in an open field and appellee was transporting the children back home after they had completed their activities. After…