Chunko v. LeMaitre

This appeal is from a directed verdict of no cause of action. The defendant below-filed a cross-appeal from a denial of a motion for accelerated judgment on another issue, in an apparent strategy to secure the results he desired, regardless of the outcome of the original appeal.

On April 1, 1964, the plaintiff wife and defendant were drivers of two of the automobiles involved in a three-car auto accident on a busy urban street. Defendant undisputedly came to a quicker-than-usual stop in the centermost lane of the westbound lanes on this multi-lane main artery of traffic. Plaintiff wife, who…