Stenberg v. Neel

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HASWELL,

delivered the-opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on jury verdict and the denial of a motion for a new trial.

This action arose out of an April 14, 1975, traffic accident at the intersection of North Orange Street and West Broadway in Missoula, Montana. Stenberg, the plaintiff and appellant, was a policeman operating a police patrol car at the time of the accident.

Prior to the accident Stenberg had been writing a parking ticket at a location…