Petersen v. Parry

SPEAR, Justice.

Appellants (plaintiffs) instituted this action for damages for the alleged wrongful death of their adopted minor child, Curth T. Petersen, a 13-year-old son.

The first cause of action alleged the negligence of two automobile drivers, i. e., Brent T. Johnson (hereinafter designated as Ri) and Owen G. Johnson (hereinafter *649designated as R2), driver of the automobile in which the deceased minor child was riding at the time the two automobiles collided. The Johnsons were not related.

The collision occurred about six o’clock a. m., during daylight, the morning of August 2, 1965, on a…