Kooyman Ex Rel. Kooyman v. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.

LARSON, Justice.

The plaintiff Kathryn Kooyman was severely injured by a car while crossing a Des Moines street to board a school bus. Suit was filed on her behalf by her father, and by her parents individually, naming as defendants Wilmer J. Van Wyk, driver of the car, the Des Moines Independent School District, owner of the bus, and John Brown, its driver. Early in the trial the school district and its bus driver settled with the Kooymans and the case proceeded against Van Wyk alone. Van Wyk’s defense was provided by the defendant here, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company. A verdict was…