Lovendahl v. Wicker

GEER, Judge.

This appeal concerns litigation arising from a single-vehicle accident in which Nancy Lovendahl Wicker, a passenger in the vehicle, was killed. Plaintiff Clint M. Lovendahl, Ms. Wicker’s son and the administrator of her estate, brought a negligence action against Ms. Wicker’s husband, defendant Howard Bradley Wicker, who was operating the vehicle at the time of the accident. Defendant faces criminal charges stemming from the accident and refused to answer deposition questions on Fifth Amendment grounds. The trial court had pre viously entered an order requiring defendant to submit…