Jansen v. Harmon

MASON, Justice.

Plaintiffs Raymond W. and Bernadine Jansen appeal from trial court’s ruling sustaining defendant Louie Katzman’s special appearance attacking the court’s jurisdiction of the subject matter of plaintiffs’ action under the provisions of rules 66 and 104(a), Rules of Civil Procedure.

Jansen and his wife had joined in a law action, individually alleging in separate divisions specific acts of negligence and the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur. Each sought separate recovery for injuries sustained by the husband when he was struck on the head and body by a wooden post falling down an…