Pelt v. Hutchinson

McMurray, Chief Judge.

Randy Lee Pelt was shot in the leg in a hunting accident on November 14, 1977. Subsequently extensive reconstructive surgery, including bone grafts and a muscle transplant, was utilized in attempts to save and restore the use of the leg.

On December 18, 1980, Randy Lee Pelt was a passenger in a motor vehicle involved in a collision with a vehicle operated by Hutchinson. Whereupon Randy Lee Pelt sued Hutchinson alleging that the collision was due to the negligence of defendant and that his previously injured leg was reinjured in the collision, aggravating the preexisting…