Hermann v. Wohlers

Plaintiff’s decedent was killed when a bicycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck owned by the defendant Pennick Dodge, Inc., and driven by its employee, the defendant Wohlers. In an action for damages for wrongful death the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. Plaintiff appeals.

The testimony was that the decedent and his wife were bicycling in Corvallis. In compliance with a stop sign they stopped at the entrance to a through street. The couple waited until a car had gone by and then the wife started across. At this time the jury could have found the truck to be about 150…