Legal Opinion
Hodkinson v. Parker
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1944No. File No. 8725PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSickel, J.
On March 27, 1943, Glen Hodkinson was a thirteen year old boy playing with other children in the neighborhood of a garage in Sioux Falls. Defendants’ truck stuck in the mud near the garage and the children went near and helped the driver' free it. Then the driver suddenly backed the truck and crushed the Hodkinson boy between the truck and an old body top. The boy died instantly. Thereafter this action was brought by plaintiff as special administrator, to recover damages for the wrongful death of the child. The case was tried to a jury, who returned a verdict for plaintiff for the sum of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Chicago v. ScholtenIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
- Tufty v. Sioux Transit Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1943
- Bottum v. KamenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921
- Interurban Railway Co. v. TrainerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
- Stratton v. Sioux Falls Traction SystemSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1929
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Gerald E. Williams, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- McCleod v. Tri-State Milling Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1946
- Anderson v. LaleSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
- Tufty v. Sioux Transit Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1945
- Simons v. KiddSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1950
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