McMURDIE v. UNDERWOOD

No. 8894.

9 Utah 2d 400 (1959)

346 P.2d 711

DAVID McMURDIE, WILLIAM WHITTAKER, CAROL WHITTAKER, AND DENISE WHITTAKER, BY HER GUARDIAN AD LITEM WILLIAM WHITTAKER, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, v. ALVIN UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH JOHNSON, H.E. WOOLF, AND NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES, DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

October 27, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.L. Schoenhals, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Walter L. Budge, Hanson, Baldwin & Allen, Skeen, Worsley, Snow & Christensen, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


CALLISTER, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Appellants appeal from a verdict of "no cause of action" and contend that the lower court erred in its instructions to the jury.

Appellants are the driver and occupants of a passenger car. The respondents are the drivers and owners of two semi-trailer trucks.

The accident happened about 1:45 a.m. on the morning of December 15, 1956, on a straight...

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