Renza v. Brennan

The action is for property damage to the automobile of Rose J. Renza sustained in a collision with a motorbus owned by the defendant Brennan and operated by the defendant White. Plaintiff John Renza, driver of plaintiff’s car, sought damages for personal injuries to himself, but consented to dismissal of his complaint at the close of the plaintiffs’ case. The jury found a verdict for the defendants. Plaintiff’s counsel moves to set aside the verdict and for a new trial on several grounds, but particularly on the ground that the court erred in charging the jury, substantially, that if the…