Baxter v. Vandenheovel

NEARN, Presiding Judge, Western Section.

This is a plaintiffs’ appeal from an allegedly insufficient jury verdict approved by the Trial Judge.

An understanding of the issues presented for appeal will be facilitated if we first set forth a statement of the case.

Plaintiff, Linda H. Baxter, suffered injuries in a vehicular accident occurring on November 6, 1978. A few days later, on November 27, 1978, while driving her other automobile, it was struck in the rear by a large tractor-trailer rig being driven by the defendant, Richard Vandenheovel.

Suit was filed against the other driver in the first…