Dillard v. McKnight

Plaintiffs’ son died on July 24, 1941, as the result of injuries sustained by him four days earlier in a collision between a Pontiac coupe in which he was a passenger and a Studebaker automobile then being operated by one McKnight in an allegedly negligent manner. To recover damages for their son’s death, plaintiffs in September, 1941, instituted the instant action against said McKnight; his employer, J. F. Wilcox; the owner of the Studebaker automobile, W. J. Neville ; Thorley Oil Company; and several fictitiously named defendants. On August 11,1942, the cause went to trial as to certain…