Sherry Ex Rel. Sherry v. Asing

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

OGATA, J.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Douglas J. Sherry, a minor, by his next friend Henry J. Sherry, and Henry J. Sherry and Marve-lyn J. Sherry, individually, brought this action in the First Circuit Court to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff-appellant Douglas J. Sherry, 1 a mentally slow seventeen year old, and the son of plaintiffs-appellants Henry J. Sherry and Marvelyn J. Sherry, when he was struck by an automobile driven by defendant-appellee Kathleen L. Asing. 2 After a trial before a jury a special verdict was returned finding no negligence on the…