Atene v. Lawrence

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

Appellant was the plaintiff in a trespass action arising out of an automobile accident in 1961. There have been four complete jury trials of this case and an earlier appeal to this Court. The first trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant which was subsequently reversed by this Court on the basis of numerous trial errors.1 The second and third trials both resulted in hung juries. The fourth trial, the subject of this appeal, *543culminated in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $20,000.

Alleging trial errors, the defendant filed timely…