WATKINS v. UTAH POULTRY & FARMERS COOPERATIVE

No. 7774.

122 Utah 459 (1952)

251 P.2d 663

WATKINS v. UTAH POULTRY & FARMERS COOPERATIVE.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Decided December 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodrow D. White, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

Stewart, Cannon & Hanson, Ernest F. Baldwin, Jr., Don J. Hanson, Rex J. Hanson and Irwin Clawson, Salt Lake City, for respondent.


CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff's car and defendant's truck sideswiped each other at a bridge which somewhat narrows the highway. Plaintiff, Howard E. Watkins, suffered a brain concussion; his left leg was badly mangled and his left arm was almost torn off and left hanging by a ribbon of muscle. Amputation of the arm above the elbow and of the leg above the knee was required. Despite these awful injuries, a jury returned a verdict of no cause of action against the plaintiff...

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