DIEHL v. DIEHL

No. 87-222.

421 N.W.2d 884 (1988)

Annabelle DIEHL, Appellee, v. Michael T. DIEHL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 13, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore T. Duffield of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, for appellant.

Robert W. Reynoldson of Reynoldson, Van Werden, Kimes, Reynoldson, Lloyd & Wieck, Osceola, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Michael Diehl, fourteen-year-old son of plaintiff, Annabelle Diehl, appeals from a judgment which his mother obtained against him in an automobile negligence action. He urges that he enjoys immunity from suit because of the family relationship between the parties. In the alternative, he urges that plaintiff's own conduct should bar her claim and that instructions given to the jury by the trial court were erroneous. In considering these...

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