Campeau v. Thomas

Otis, Justice.

This action is brought by plaintiff for derivative damages and for personal injuries sustained by his minor son while riding as a passenger in a vehicle owned by defendant, Owen B. Thomas, and driven by defendant’s son, Richard. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals from an order denying judgment n. o. v. or a new trial.

On ,Saturday evening, March 14, 1959, defendant’s son, then 17 *512years of age, picked up five of his teen-age friends, including Merrill Campeau, with a view to driving four of them to North St. Paul. At approximately 8 p. m.,…