Oliver v. Kelley

On March 9, 1936, Mary Ellen Oliver, a child aged 8 years, while crossing a street in the city of East St. Louis, was struck by a car driven by defendant Thomas O. Kelley and severely injured. Her father and next friend, to recover damages for her injuries and the amount of his expenditures for her medical care and hospital bills, brought suit against defendant Kelley and the codefendant the Prudential Insurance Company of America, alleging that Kelley was at the time the agent and servant of the insurance company.

Upon the trial there was a finding for both plaintiffs and their damages…