Baker v. Daly

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment for $17,600 resulting from a pedestrian-automobile collision at an intersection in the City of Omaha, Nebraska. Generally, the appeal raises questions of error in the instructions and the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict. We reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the cause for a new trial.

A detailed analysis of the facts is not necessary in the light of the disposition we make in the case. For purposes of clarity we recite a general background summary of the evidence. On the day of the accident, September 16,…