Hales v. Peterson

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiffs sued for damages for the death of their nine year old daughter, Nila Hales, alleging that she was negligently run down by defendants’ truck. From a jury verdict and judgment entered thereon in favor of the defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

The mother, Valda Hales, was a teacher at the school at Redmond, Utah. On the morning of October 24, 1958, she drove Nila in the family car from their home in the nearby town of Salina, where they lived. In Redmond she turned eastward on the street just south of the school and parked the car on the south side of the street where…