Manahan v. Watson

DOWD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Charlotte Manahan brought suit for personal injuries she suffered as a result of a four car chain collision on November 26,1976. The jury returned a verdict for defendant and plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered thereon. We reverse and remand this case to the trial court.

Appellant was a passenger in a car being driven by her daughter, Kathleen Manahan Veber. The traffic on this cloudy November day was stop and go and the pavement was wet. Appellant testified that her daughter’s car had been stopped two to four seconds at a red light before she felt…