Schaffer v. Bess

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant/ Appellant/Cross-Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) appeals from the trial court’s order denying State Farm’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of all evidence. State Farm contends that the plaintiffs/respondents/cross-appellants failed to prove a direct and proximate causal relationship between the acts or omissions of an uninsured motorist, David Friese, and the accident between James L. Bess and plaintiffs’/respondents’/cross-appellants’ decedent, Richard Schaffer. Plaintiffs/Respondents/Cross-Appellants: Margaret…