Talley v. Fournier

In this host-guest action, the special administrator for the deceased defendant Gary Martin Krekow is appealing from a trial court judgment entered upon a jury verdict for $40,435.70 for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff Kathleen Peterson Talley.

This action was the consequence of a tragic 1-car accident occurring on December 20, 1961, which took the life of Gary M. Krekow. On that morning the deceased and three young guest passengers left Hoquiam, Washington to visit the deceased’s younger brother in Portland, Oregon. The automobile was owned and driven by the deceased.

It was…