Motsenbocker v. Wyatt

NORVELL, Justice.

Gloria Ann Wyatt, a five-and-a-half-year-old child was injured when she attempted to get out of a moving automobile, and fell under the wheels of the car as it rolled down a slight incline. James W. Wyatt, the father of Gloria Ann, acting in his individual capacity and as next friend of his daughter, sued Donald M. Motsenbocker, the owner of the automobile for damages. The trial court rendered judgment, based upon the jury’s contributory negligence findings, that James W. Wyatt individually take nothing against Motsenbocker. As next friend, Wyatt was awarded a judgment of…