Bensinger v. Reid

This appeal is from circuit court rulings in an action against defendants Reid and Hone, claiming damages resulting from a fatal accident in which plaintiff’s decedent, a passenger in a motorcycle sidecar, was killed when the motorcycle struck the rear of a truck owned by defendant Happyland Shows, Inc., a Michigan corporation. The complaint alleged that Hone was the driver and Reid was the owner of the truck. Reid’s answer admitted ownership. However, after the statute of limitations had run, both parties discovered that the truck was in fact owned by Happyland. Reid was the resident agent,…