Hagen v. DeNooy

HABHAB, Chief Judge.

On May 12, 1992, Donna Diane Ten Ha-gen’s 1978 Dodge van collided with a tractor and cultivator on a rural gravel road. Jamie Bruxvoort, age seventeen, was operating the tractor at the time of the collision. The tractor and cultivator were owned by Ron DeNooy. Ten Hagen filed suit against De-Nooy and later sued Bruxvoort and his father. The matters were consolidated for trial.

At trial, the evidence indicated a portion of the tractor or cultivator was on the wrong side of the road. Ten Hagen’s van approached from the north at a disputed speed between twenty-five and…