Briggs v. Iowa Mutual Insurance

HERGET, Judge.

Calvin W. Briggs, Jr., individually and on behalf of his minor son, Calvin Louis Briggs, instituted suit-to recover damages resulting from injuries received by his son when, on July 14, 1956, a homemade bomb exploded. Defendants are Lloyd H. Stevens, father of the minor Ronald Elmo Stevens, and his liability insurer, Iowa Mutual Insurance Company. In his petition Plaintiff alleged the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was applicable and, in the alternative, alleged the accident resulted from the negligence of Lloyd H. Stevens and his son Ronald, in purchasing, possessing and…