Boedeker Ex Rel. Boedeker v. Wright

COIL, Commissioner.

Paul L. Boedeker, through his father as natural guardian, claimed $25,000 as damages in his action for personal injuries sustained as a result of an accident on January 1, 1955, when an automobile, being driven by Larry Wright, defendant below, and in which Paul was a passenger, ran into the rear of a lj^-ton truck. The case was submitted on defendant’s excessive speed and failure to maintain a proper lookout and on plaintiff’s contributory negligence in having failed to request slower speed, a lookout, and that defendant not follow so closely. Plaintiff has appealed from…