KING v. BARRETT

No. 54330.

185 N.W.2d 210 (1971)

Sandra KING, a Minor, by Eldon King, her Father and next friend, and Eldon King, Appellants, v. Wayne W. BARRETT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 11, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fuerste & Carew, Dubuque, for appellants.

Kintzinger, Kintzinger, Van Etten & Setter, Dubuque, for appellee.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The main question in this automobile guest case is whether defendant generated a jury question on assumption of risk.

Plaintiff Sandra King, 17, lives with her parents at Epworth, Iowa, where her father, Eldon King, is town marshal. In the summer of 1968 she was keeping company with defendant Wayne W. Barrett, 21, a farm hand who owned a Rambler car. The evidence is bereft of proof that defendant was a bad driver generally or that he drove...

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