Child v. Gonda

RUSSON, Justice.

INTRODUCTION

Dale Child appeals a district court’s final judgment and order in favor of Andria New-som Gonda. Child sued Gonda for wrongfully causing the death of his daughter, Mindy Child, in an automobile accident. The jury found that Gonda was not negligent. Child then moved the district court for a partial judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, but that court denied his request. 1 We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On April 17, 1991, Mindy Child was killed in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 89 in Davis County. She was a passenger in a Volkswagen “Beetle” driven…