Griffin v. Gehret

The plaintiff recovered a judgment for the death of his minor son. It was against the administratrix and marital community of the driver of the car in which the minor decedent was riding at the time of the fatal accident. Both the driver and the plaintiff's minor son died as a result of injuries sustained in that accident.

The award was reduced 50 percent based on the jury's determination that the 15-year-old decedent was 50 percent negligent and that such negligence was a proximate cause of the accident.

Plaintiff appeals, and his assignments of error raise issues as to whether the trial court…