PETERSON v. TAYLOR

No. 65415.

316 N.W.2d 869 (1982)

David Arthur PETERSON, A Minor, by his next friend and guardian, Elaine Peterson, Appellant, v. Oliver R. TAYLOR and B. J. Taylor, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Cook, Des Moines, for appellant.

Jeff H. Jeffries of Hopkins & Huebner, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by LeGRAND, P. J., and HARRIS, ALLBEE, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


ALLBEE, Justice.

An unfortunate combination of gasoline, matches and a seven-year-old boy resulted in the lawsuit which underlies this appeal. Badly burned as a result of his experimentation with fire, the minor plaintiff David Peterson, by his mother as next friend, brought a negligence suit against his neighbors, the Taylors, from whose storage shed he obtained the gasoline. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

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