Braun v. General Motors Corp.

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Karl E. Braun appeals from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict in favor of defendant General Motors Corporation at the close of a three-and-a-half-day jury trial.

This litigation arises from an automobile collision which occurred in July, 1973, when plaintiff’s car, while turning left off U.S. Highway 67 near Poplar Bluff, was struck in the right front quarter panel by a car traveling in the opposite direction. Plaintiff sustained a severe skull fracture on the right side, slightly forward of the ear, and was unconscious for some ten and a half days…