SELLNOW v. FAHEY

No. 45214.

233 N.W.2d 563 (1975)

Glenn M. SELLNOW, as Trustee of the Surviving Parents and Next of Kin of Dale W. Sellnow, Deceased, Appellant, v. Dennis M. FAHEY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 19, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Head & Truhn and Jerome Truhn, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Carroll, Cronan, Roth & Austin, Frank X. Cronan and Robert M. Austin, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and KELLY and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

This is an action for wrongful death commenced by Glenn M. Sellnow, brother of the decedent, as trustee of Murrell and Florence Sellnow, the parents and surviving kin of decedent. Decedent, Dale Sellnow, was killed in a head-on automobile collision on June 21, 1971, on a county road in Scott County, Minnesota. At the time of his death, Dale was 17 years old and had just graduated from high school.

After trial in district court, the jury...

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