Smith v. Quallen

PAUL J. SIMON, Judge.

Jenifer Smith, plaintiff, appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in her favor and against Lynn Quallen, defendant. Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in giving a comparative fault instruction to the jury and in denying her motion for new trial.

Viewed most favorably to the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial showed the following: On June 11, 1992, plaintiff was *847operating her vehicle and following a white pickup truck in the left lane of westbound Interstate 70. The pickup truck stopped suddenly. At that time, plaintiff was trav-elling…