Nelson v. Nason

It was not error to deny the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The issue is whether the defendant’s negligent conduct in the operation of a pickup truck could have been found to be a contributing cause of the collision between another truck, operated by Eric Scott, and a convertible driven by Nason’s friend Ronald Perham, in which a mutual friend, the plaintiff’s intestate, Oliver W. Nelson, Junior, was a passenger, which resulted in the immediate death of Perham and Nelson.

Direct testimony, and reasonable inferences therefrom, warranted the finding of these facts: On the morning of…