Plank v. Heirigs

HOMEYER, Judge.

On December 7, 1965, Bernice Ebright sustained a severe head and brain injury when an automobile driven by her husband in which she was riding collided with the rear end of a trailer loaded with baled hay which was being pulled upon a public highway by a tractor owned and operated by the defendant. On May 18, 1966, L. L. Plank as her guardian ad litem sued defendant to recover for permanent injuries, pain and suffering, and medical expenses. Bernice Ebright died on August 20, 1966, and Plank was appointed special administrator of her estate and substituted as plaintiff in the…