Hooker v. Oclaray

This is an appeal by defendant from an order granting a new trial after verdict and judgment for defendant in a personal injury action.

*96In general substance, the pertinent facts upon which defendant bases his appeal are as follows: Plaintiff was a guest passenger in an automobile involved in an intersection collision. She was riding in the right-hand side of the front seat. A 2-year-old child was standing in the seat between plaintiff and the driver. One end of a string-tied bundle of five small wooden poles rested in the curve or depression between the right door and the right shoulder of the…