GROTHE v. SHAFFER

No. 44990.

232 N.W.2d 227 (1975)

Thomas Pierre GROTHE, by Maurice Grothe, his Guardian Ad Litem, and Maurice Grothe, Individually, Respondents, v. Terry Allen SHAFFER, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Bruce Laverne JOHNSON, et al., Third-Party Defendants, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richards, Montgomery, Cobb & Bassford, and Jack A. Rosberg, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Coulter, Nelson & Sullivan and Lyle Frevert, Minneapolis, for Grothe.

Marino, Becker & Granquist and Jeremy Lane, Legal Aid Society, Inc., Minneapolis, for Johnson, and others.

Heard before PETERSON, MacLAUGHLIN, and YETKA, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

This is a personal injury action arising out of an automobile-motorcycle accident. Defendants appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The accident occurred on September 6, 1966, at the intersection of 90th Street and Penn Avenue South in Bloomington, Minnesota. Thomas P. Grothe, who was then 17 years old, was a passenger on a motorcycle owned by Zelda G. Johnson and driven by her son, Bruce L. Johnson...

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