Henderson v. Deckert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.:

The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries received in an automobile accident. By answers to special interrogatories a jury allowed him $15,785. That amount was reduced $3,120 by the district court and judgment rendered for $12,665. The defendants appeal.

On the evening of June 24, ,1943, W. J. Henderson, who was a laborer and worked for the Wichita nurseries, was riding in the back end of a pickup truck belonging to his employer when it was struck from the rear by a gas transport truck owned by the defendant John…