Purtle v. Shelton

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries suffered by Jerry Purtle, a sixteen-year-old minor, in a hunting accident during the 1969 deer hunting season. The defendants are Kenneth Shelton and his son, Kenneth, Jr., who was seventeen at the time of the accident. The jury attributed half the negligence to Jerry Purtle and half to young Shelton, so there was no recovery. For reversal the appellant, Jerry’s father and next friend, contends that the trial court erred in its instructions defining the standard of care to be observed by a minor while hunting deer with a…