Legal Opinion

Kawaguchi v. Bennett

Utah Supreme Court

Decided January 22, 1948No. 7043PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WADE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment of “no cause for action” in a suit brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by Bessie Kawaguchi, a child, in an accident involving a school bus.

From the uncontroverted evidence introduced at the trial, it appears that Bessie Kawaguchi was a child of 7 years on April 5, 1945, and a pupil at the Layton School in Davis County, Utah, and that George Bennett, the respondent herein, was the driver of a school bus. On the afternoon of that day, George Bennett drove a school bus onto the oil-surfaced driveway located in the back of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cahill v. E. B. & A. L. Stone Co.California Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Rollow v. Ogden CityUtah Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Gesas v. Oregon Short Line R.Utah Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Herald v. SmithUtah Supreme Court · 1920

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Nyman v. Cedar CityUtah Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Mann v. FairbournUtah Supreme Court · 1961
  3. Cox v. ThompsonUtah Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Carr v. Bradshaw Chevrolet Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Nyman v. Cedar CityUtah Supreme Court · 1961

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