Oertel v. Phillips

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.;

This appeal is predicated upon the order of the district court granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

This action was commenced by the plaintiff-appellant, William D. Oertel, a minor, by and through Joseph G. Oertel, his father and next kin, against the defendant-appellee, Florence A. Phillips, to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from a vehicular collision at the intersection of Broadway and Pennsylvania Streets in the city of Leavenworth. The appellant was a fifteen-year-old boy operating his motor scooter with a…