Heilman v. Wentworth

The defendant, Russell Wentworth, appeals from a judgment entered after a jury verdict for the plaintiff arising out of a hunting accident.

In the late evening of May 28, 1974, the plaintiff, defendant, and Jeff Long went jackrabbit hunting in the defendant's two-door automobile. The plaintiff sat in the right rear seat and had in his possession a 12-gauge, single-shot shotgun. The defendant was driving, and Jeff Long sat in the front passenger seat. While driving at night in a rural area, the headlights of the car would momentarily blind the rabbits, causing them to stop. The driver would…