COX v. VERNIEUW

No. 5082.

604 P.2d 1353 (1980)

William R. COX, Donna Paxton, Cathleen Paxton Riley, and Sandra Venta, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. Raymond John VERNIEUW and Weber Western General Dairies, Inc., Appellees (Defendants below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

January 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Pickett and Harley J. McKinney of Pickett, McKinney & Smith, Rock Springs, for appellants.

Ford T. Bussart and John D. Rossetti of Greenhalgh, Bussart, West & Rossetti, Rock Springs, for appellees.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

The only issue meriting discussion in this case is whether the defense premised upon an Act of God is proper in a case in which recovery is sought on a negligence theory. In this instance the asserted Act of God was a physical defect of the driver of a motor vehicle. The trial court did instruct the jury on the Act of God defense in the case of the appellant Cox, and in the non-jury trial in the other appellants...

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