Hemeyer v. Wilson

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

A jury awarded Judith Hemeyer and Michelle Hemeyer $95,500 in damages for the death of Glen Hemeyer, who was Judith’s husband and Michelle’s father. Mr. Hemeyer and his passenger, Gary Benson, Jr., were killed when Mr. Hemeyer’s pickup truck was struck by a van driven by Thomas D. Cain in the scope and course of his employment with Sears, Roebuck and Company. The Hemeyers appeal the trial court’s judgment entered in accordance with the jury’s verdict, which had awarded $955,000 in total damages and assessed Mr. Hemeyer 90 percent at fault for the accident, and Mr.…