Krumm v. Feuerhelm

HEEGE, Circuit Judge.

This action arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on August 13, 1978, in Hutchinson County, South Dakota.

As a result of the accident, Helen E. Weber died instantly; Helen’s husband, Michael H. Weber, was dead on arrival at the Freeman Hospital more than an hour after the accident; Alice L. Mechtenberg died approximately four and one-half hours later at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls.

At the times of their respective deaths, Helen E. Weber was sixty-five years of age; Michael H. Weber was seventy two; and Alice L. Mechtenberg was seventy-two. All were in…