Nordstrom v. the Connecticut Company

This is an action in negligence, in which the defendant moves to set aside the verdict for $5,000., as contrary to the law and the evidence.

There are two important questions. (1) Viewing all the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, does the light from the trolley car, which the jury found to have existed, constitute negligence as a matter of law? The plaintiff described the light as a "flash". The plaintiff's only supporting witness repeatedly said, "It was just a flash"; but no evidence as to whether it came from the headlight or from a short circuit or some part of the…