Byram v. Main

ROBERTS, Justice.

Ray J. Byram appeals from a judgment for the defendant, Peter Main, entered after the Superior Court granted Main’s motion for a directed verdict. We hold that there was sufficient evidence to present the question of negligence to the jury. We *1296therefore vacate the judgment of the Superior Court.

Early one morning in July, 1981, Byram was driving a tractor trailer truck north on Interstate 95 in Orono when he struck and killed a donkey owned by Main. The donkey, named Meadow, was a pet of one of Main’s daughters. It had escaped from its enclosure during the night, apparently by…