LeClair v. Sickler

Nelson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying plaintiffs’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial in this action to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff Wayne LeClair when he was struck by defendant’s automobile. The trial of the action resulted in a jury verdict for the defendant.

Plaintiff LeClair, an 18-year-old high school graduate, left his home on Lund Avenue in Spring Lake Park at 6:15 a. m. December 5, 1963, and walked one block to the comer of 84th Avenue and Terrace Road where he had, for the past 6 months, been given a ride to work by a neighbor,…