Tipton Ex Rel. Tipton v. Mullinix

LAVENDER, Justice:

This case arose out of a collision in an intersection in the City of Ardmore, Oklahoma, between a motorbike and an automobile. The bike was being driven by a 14-year-old boy named James Murray Tipton; the automobile was being driven by a 16-year-old girl named Connie Jean Mullinix, who was the defendant below and is the appellee herein.

The boy and his father, Leonard Tipton, joined as plaintiffs in a suit against the girl, with the boy, acting through his father as next friend, seeking damages for pain and suffering and permanent injuries, and the father seeking judgment for…