Lindsey v. PJ Hamill Transfer Company

CLEMENS, Commissioner.

The defendant has appealed from an $8,000 judgment awarded plaintiff for injuries sustained when defendant’s truck backed into a bus in which plaintiff was a passenger. The bus was halted for heavy traffic near an intersection; the defendant’s truck had been standing in a service station but then was driven backward into the street, striking the bus and puncturing its side near plaintiff’s seat.

With commendable candor the defendant concedes negligence and causation. It contends, however, that trial errors led to an excessive verdict. Defendant has kept alive four points…