Kraettli v. North Coast Transportation Co.

In this action, respondent sued to recover more than twenty thousand dollars for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by her by the negligence of appellant. A jury in the lower court allowed her nine thousand dollars, for which judgment was entered.

The case of respondent was substantially as follows:

On July 6, 1930, respondent was riding as a guest in a Ford coupe, driven by one Dürrenmatt, traveling southerly on the Pacific highway about twelve miles north of Vancouver, Washington, followed by a stage belonging to appellant. An automobile immediately in front of the Dürrenmatt…