Hovey Ex Rel. Corporon v. Wagoner

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial in an action arising from an automobile collision. Plaintiff, Barbara J. Hovey, by Richard R. Corporon, her general guardian, contends that the trial court erred in failing to submit instructions to the jury embracing her theory of the case.

The litigation arises out of a head-on collision between a Ford station wagon, in which the plaintiff was a passenger, and a semi-tractor-trailer owned by defendant Ellsworth Freight Lines, Inc., and operated by…