Mercer Ex Rel. Needs v. Ridnour

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This law action for personal injuries and property damage arose out of a collision between a motorcycle and a tractor pulling a portable feed grinder. Defendants, operator and owners of the tractor, appeal from judgment based on a jury verdict for plaintiff motorcyclist. We reverse and remand.

For convenience we shall refer to the tractor operator as sole defendant.

September 9, 1970, plaintiff was riding his motorcycle west on a paved Page County highway. He was following an auto occupied by two friends.

Defendant, proceeding in the same direction toward an intersecting…