Putro v. Baker

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from an award to plaintiff, Judith Grace Putro, of $75,000 compensation for personal injuries she suffered in an automobile-truck collision, by a ten to two jury verdict in the Cascade County District Court of the Eighth Judicial District.

The plaintiff-respondent was a passenger in an automobile driven by her brother; the truck was owned by defendant, Mannix Electric, Inc., and was driven by its employee, defendant, Eugene Eddy Baker. Prior to the jury being given the case to consider the evidence, defendants…