City of Austin v. Hoffman

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $82,243.70 based on a jury verdict favorable to appellees.

The suit was filed by Howard B. Hoffman and his minor son, Stanley Gordon Hoffman for damages growing out of personal injuries sustained by the son in a collision between a motor scooter operated by the son and a pickup belonging to the City of Austin, and operated by its employee.

The appeal is predicated on 13 points assigned as error by the Court and are that the Court erred in defining “proper lookout,” “excessive speed,” etc., as applied to the minor in such manner as to…