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WYNKOOP v. CARPENTER

No. C7-96-1497.

574 N.W.2d 422 (1998)

Dawn M. WYNKOOP, Trustee for the heirs of the Estate of Ian L. Wynkoop, Respondents, v. Ida L. CARPENTER, individually and as guardian and natural mother of Laurie J. Carpenter, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Strobel, Thomas E. Peterson, Peterson & Hektner, Ltd., Minneapolis, for appellants.

Michael D. Doshan, Fredric A. Bremseth, Thomas W. Geng, Doshan & Bremseth, Wayzata, for respondents.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

Fifteen-year-old Ian Wynkoop was killed when the sport utility vehicle his 16-year-old girlfriend was driving rolled off the road. Ian Wynkoop's mother, respondent Dawn Wynkoop,1 filed a wrongful death action against appellant Ida Carpenter, the mother of Ian's girlfriend, seeking to recover pecuniary damages for Ian's next of kin. The Hennepin County District Court ruled that Ian's brother, Shane Wynkoop...

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