North Dakota Judge: Family Must Pay for Death of Teen

A judge has awarded civil damages of more than $881,000 in the case of a teenage driver involved in a Ransom County crash that killed another teenager two years ago.

Southeast District Judge Daniel Narum ruled that Dillon Kron of Enderlin and his parents failed to carry liability insurance on the pickup truck Kron was driving when it collided with another pickup in May 2006. Thirteen-year-old Joseph Wayman of Sheldon was killed.

Wayman was a passenger in a truck driven by his grandfather, Larry. Larry Wayman was injured in the crash.

A Highway Patrol investigation indicated Kron, who was 16 at the time, had failed to yield at an intersection. Kron later pleaded guilty to two charges of driving without liability insurance.

Narum awarded the $881,000 judgment in the wrongful death lawsuit to Larry Wayman, who was Joseph’s legal guardian. The amount includes $250,000 in punitive damages

Latest Comments

• March 14, 2008 at 9:17 am

  Cathy says:

  I found another article on this that provides some additional information: http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=194620§ion=news Apparently, the driver was cited f... read more
• March 13, 2008 at 4:40 am

  AZAZ says:

  And the Atty gets about $300,000 out of that... Statutory Limits in ND are $25/50/25 What would they have gotten if he was carrying insurance for failing to yield? $600,000 ex... read more
• March 13, 2008 at 4:15 am

  Court Jester says:

  I'm sure Ma, Pa and the Boy have lots of assests to attach. No matter how remote who's deep pockets is the plaintifs atturney going to attack.