Jenks v. Larimer

This is an action for personal injuries sustained in an automobile, accident in which plaintiff’s ear was •rear-ended by defendant’s car when its brakes failed. *39The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $18,600. Defendant appeals.

1. Plaintiffs claim of special damages for loss of earnings or income.

Defendant assigns as error the submission to the jury of plaintiff’s claim of special damages for loss of earnings or income.

Plaintiff is the owner and operator of a driving instruction school near Beaverton. During 1971, the year before the accident,…