Lafferty v. Wattle

This is .an appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs, parents.Of Judith Lafferty (age thirteen), who met her death in a rear-end vehicular collision on Sunday, March 1, 1959. After a nine-man verdict in the sum of $25,000 and forced remittitur in the sum of $10,000, defendant Wattle has appealed.

The tragedy occurred at dusk or shortly before (car lights had not yet been turned on) on a state-maintained highway officially designated as Route Y at a place approximately 2.4 miles south of Caruthers-ville, Missouri. This highway runs south of a three-way intersection with Caruth-ersville’s main…