Kahrhoff v. Kohl

In this negligence action the automobile which defendant-appellant, Veda Kohl, was driving inexplicably accelerated and crashed into a building. As a result, the plaintiff-appellee, Jean Ann Kahrhoff, an occupant of the building, was struck and injured. Kohl assigns as errors the sustainment of Kahrhoff’s motion made at the close of all the evidence for a directed verdict on the issue of liability, and the denials of Kohl’s motions for a directed verdict of dismissal made both at the close of Kahrhoff’s evidence and at the close of all the evidence. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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