Trigueiro v. Skow

GOODELL, J., pro iem.

The respondent Francis Trigueiro sued, through his guardian ad litem, for injuries inflicted by a motor truck driven by the appellant Stanley Skow and owned by the other appellants. Josephine Trigueiro, his mother, sought special damages for surgical, nurs ing and hospital expenses incurred for her son’s care. A verdict of $5,000 for the son was reduced to $3,000 on motion for new trial. The mother’s verdict was for $898.31.

Francis, a boy of five, was injured while playing with Ernest Caswell, then aged four, outside the Caswell home in El Cerrito. Ernest corroborated…