Wagaman v. Ryan

Defendant Jay Oliver Ryan has appealed from judgment on jury verdict of $70,000 in favor of plaintiff Myrtle Wagaman for personal injuries sustained in a head-on collision of automobiles on U. S. Highway 65 south of Iowa Palls.

Errors are assigned in refusing to withdraw a specification of negligence alleged in plaintiff’s petition and instructing the jury thereon, in giving jury instructions 6, 10 and 13 and refusal of defendant’s requested instruction 4 and, finally, in denying a new trial because of claimed excessive verdict.

The collision occurred May 28, 1962, about 4:15 p.m. Plaintiff,…