LAW v. HEMMINGSEN

No. 49409.

89 N.W.2d 386 (1958)

Dlane LAW, a Minor, by her father and next friend, Richard G. Law, Appellant, v. Hans Franklin HEMMINGSEN and Francis Putnam, d/b/a Putnam Servl-System, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 9, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Dippel and Noran L. Davis, Council Bluffs, and Charles E. Kirchner, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Smith, Peterson, Beckman & Willson, Council Bluffs, for appellees.


GARFIELD, Justice.

Plaintiff, a little girl of four, was seriously and permanently injured in a collision between a Chevrolet automobile driven by her father in which she and her mother were riding and a gasoline tank truck driven by defendant Hemmingsen, owned by defendant Putnam. The collision occurred February 29, 1952, just before dawn, on U. S. Highway 75 about 1½ miles north of Council Bluffs. The Law car was proceeding south, the truck north. The collision...

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