Johnson v. Warner

WOOD (Parker), J.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, filed separate actions for damages allegedly sustained as the result of a collision between their automobile and an automobile owned by defendant John P. Warner, and operated by defendant Joanne Marie Warner, a minor. Defendants filed answers in which they denied negligence and alleged, as an affirmative defense, that plaintiff Elmore M. Johnson, who was operating plaintiffs’ automobile at the time of the collision, was guilty of contributory negligence. The actions were consolidated for trial. The court found, among other things, that defendant…