HALES v. PETERSON

No. 9294.

11 Utah 2d 411 (1961)

360 P.2d 822

DEAN HALES AND VALDA HALES, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, v. VANCE PETERSON AND MARGERY PETERSON, D/B/A VALLEY BUILDERS SUPPLY CO., AND PAUL CALDWELL, DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon A. Eliason, Delta, for appellants.

Don J. Hanson, Salt Lake City, Dilworth Woolley, Manti, for respondents.


CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiffs sued for damages for the death of their nine year old daughter, Nila Hales, alleging that she was negligently run down by defendants' truck. From a jury verdict and judgment entered thereon in favor of the defendants, plaintiffs appeal.

The mother, Valda Hales, was a teacher at the school at Redmond, Utah. On the morning of October 24, 1958, she drove Nila in the family car from their home in the nearby town of Salina, where they...

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