Yates v. Hedges

This case arose from an intersection collision at the corner of Burns and Defoe Streets in Missoula, Montana, on January 3, 1974. Plaintiff Lenora Yates was driving north on Burns Street and defendant Mark Hedges was driving west on Defoe Street when their vehicles collided in the intersection. Yates brought action to recover damages for the loss of value of her car, for the lost use of her car, and for pain and suffering from personal injury, naming Mark Hedges, the driver, and Richard Hedges, his father and owner of the car, as defendants. Richard Hedges also counterclaimed against Yates…