Cleland v. Wilcox

This is an action to recover damages for injuries incurred in an automobile accident. The trial court allowed defendant’s motion for involuntary nonsuit. Plaintiff appeals.

The' sole assignment of error is that “[t]he trial court erred in ruling that expert medical evidence was required to make out a case of causal relationship between plaintiff’s injuries and the accident.”

We review the evidence in a light most favorable to plaintiff, including all favorable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence.

On November 23, 1972, plaintiff was driving north on Interstate 5 near Albany, Oregon.…