Zirnhelt v. Carter

OPINION

HUDSON, Judge.

On appeal from judgment on a negligence claim that originated in conciliation court, appellant argues that the district court erred by (1) concluding that the case was not time-barred; (2) awarding damages in excess of the conciliation court’s jurisdictional amount; and (3) failing to perform a complete comparative-fault analysis. We affirm.

FACTS

Respondent George Thomas Zirnhelt’s son, Joseph Zirnhelt, was traveling south on Highway 13 in his father’s car on October 12, 2006. Zirnhelt’s son attempted to make a left-hand turn on a green arrow across the northbound lanes of…