Maanum v. Aust

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

Respondents Roger and Merilyn Maanum brought an action in district court seeking damages for personal injuries resulting from a head-on collision with a pickup truck driven by respondent Ricky Aust. Aust had been following another pickup driven by appellant Steven Wersinger. The Maa-nums sued both Wersinger and Aust for negligence. The trial court directed a verdict against Aust, and a jury found Wer-singer causally negligent as well. We affirm.

FACTS

On the morning of January 20, 1982, appellant Steven Wersinger and respondent Ricky Aust drove with two other men to Lake…