Yarrington v. Thornburg

Stiftel, Judge.

An accident arose from a collision between an automobile owned and driven by defendant Joseph Thornburg and a small pick-up truck owned, by Robert Joseph Dvorak and driven by defendant Frank Muller. Plaintiff was a guest passenger in the Thornburg vehicle. An action was brought to recover" damages for personal injuries based upon the concurrent wanton misconduct of the host driver, Thornburg, and the negligence of the driver of the truck. A tsial was held and the jury returned a plaintiff’s verdict of $40,000 against the joint tortfeasors, assessing responsibility between the…