Shepard v. Harris

COIL, Commissioner.

Walter and Rita Shepard recovered $15,-000 as damages for the alleged wrongful death of their son Larry, who died as a result of injuries sustained when an automobile in which he was a passenger and being driven by 17-year-old defendant, Jackie Harris, overturned. Defendant, through his duly appointed guardian ad litem, has appealed from the ensuing judgment and contends in 21 separate points that the trial court erred: In refusing to direct a defendant’s verdict at the close of all the evidence on the ground that plaintiffs’ decedent was contributorily negligent as a…