Shaw v. Barnes

Plaintiffs, who suffered damages when their car was struck from behind by a ear driven by defendant, appeal from a jury verdict in defendant’s favor and a decision by the Addison Superior Court denying their post-trial motions. We affirm.

Plaintiffs sued defendant in negligence for personal injuries, after defendant’s automobile struck the rear of an automobile occupied by driver Donald Shaw and passenger Jourdaine Shaw. The parties’ versions of the accident vary considerably, but both agree that on an August morning in 1993, defendant was driving south on Route 7 in Vergennes, directly behind…