BEARD v. BROWN

Nos. 5162, 5163 and 5183.

616 P.2d 726 (1980)

David L. BEARD and Champlin Petroleum Company, Appellants (Defendants), v. Donald A. BROWN, Administrator of the Estate of Wallace Glenn Napier, Deceased, Appellee (Plaintiff). R.L. FRAILEY, INC., a corporation, Appellant (Defendant), v. Donald A. BROWN, Administrator of the Estate of Wallace Glenn Napier, Deceased, Appellee (Plaintiff). David L. BEARD and Champlin Petroleum Company, Appellants (Defendants), v. Patricia R. BULLER, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Yonkee, Redle, Yonkee & Arney, Sheridan, signed the brief of appellants Beard and Champlin Petroleum Company and appeared in oral argument on their behalf. Gary M. Greenhalgh, Greenhalgh, Bussart & West, Rock Springs, signed the brief of appellant R.L. Frailey, Inc. and appeared in oral argument on its behalf.

Robert A. Johnson, Rock Springs, signed the brief and appeared in oral argument on behalf of Brown, Administrator of the Estate of Napier. John C. Brooks and W.W. Reeves, Vlastos & Reeves, P.C., Casper, and John Zebre, Rock Springs, signed the brief of appellee Buller. W.W. Reeves, Casper, appeared in oral argument on behalf of Ms. Buller.

Charles E. Greenhawt, Russell, Greenhawt & Rummel, Rawlins, filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of Stewart Scott Brazell, in support of appellees.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


RAPER, Chief Justice.

Each of these cases arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on an unimproved county road,1 known as Sweetwater County Road 4-26, at about 5:45 p.m. on July 26, 1975. Patricia Buller (Buller) was traveling westward on the road in her 1972 Dodge Colt station wagon, having left her place of employment with R.L. Frailey, Inc. (Frailey),2 at the end of the working day.

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