Powers v. Shelton

This is an appeal from a judgment for $5,000 entered pursuant to the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by David Powers when struck by an automobile driven by Gregory Shelton.

The parties involved in the accident were high school students. Powers was 17 years old, and he brought the action through his father as guardian ad litem in which his father joined as a party plaintiff. Shelton was also 17 years old, and his parents were made parties defendant by reason of the fact that they had signed his application for a driver’s license. Gregory Shelton…