Baker v. Williams

Defendants in error as plaintiffs sued David E. Baker, plaintiff in error, to recover damages for the wrongful death of Jerry Williams. Darline Y. Williams is the widow and Randy Dal Williams and Collette Sue Williams are the minor children of Jerry Williams. We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

The complaint alleges that Jerry Williams was a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Baker and that Baker drove his car in a careless, reckless and negligent manner and with a wilful and wanton disregard of the rights of others, thus causing the death of Jerry…