Nordstrom v. Connecticut Co.

This is an action in negligence, in which the defendant moves to set aside the verdict for $5,000., as contrary to the law and the evidence.

There are two important questions. (1) Viewing all the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, does the *126light from the trolley car, which the jury found to have existed, constitute negligence as a matter of law? The plain' tiff described the light as a “flash”. The plaintiff’s only supporting witness repeatedly said, “It was just a flash”; but no evidence as to whether it came from the headlight or from a short circuit or some part of the…