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Gorton v. Doty
Citation:
57 Idaho 792, 69 P.2d 136 (1937)Facts
In September 1934, the Soda Springs High School football team was scheduled to play a game against Paris High School in Paris, Idaho. Charlotte Doty, a Latin and Home Economics teacher at Soda Springs High School, volunteered her car for transporting team members when she learned another vehicle was needed. She specifically told Russell Garst, the team’s coach, that he could use her car if he drove it himself. The school district paid for the gasoline used on the trip.
On the return journey after the game, while driving on a sharp ten percent curve after dark, Garst lost control of the vehicle. The car left the highway and went down a steep slope into a gulch. Richard Gorton, a junior at the high school and team member who was seated in the front seat between Garst and another student, suffered a complete fracture of his femur (thigh bone). He spent twelve weeks in the hospital, required surgery to insert a steel plate in his leg, and continued to experience pain and limited mobility at the time of trial. Garst died from injuries sustained in the accident.
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