Rickman Ex Rel. Rickman v. Sauerwein

HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Action for $50,000 damages for personal injuries, in which defendant had verdict and judgment.

On December 25, 1968, at about 6:00 p. m., Carl Rickman, age 19, accompanied by Billy Libia, age 18, was operating a 1955 Chevrolet automobile westerly on Highway 34, en route to Piedmont. The Chevrolet “started acting up a little bit * * *. And we pulled off of the road and Billy had been wanting to drive and it was cutting out and I looked at it * * * water was blowing on it and I thought it would clear up. And he got under the wheel and pulled out on the highway * * * and it…