Pollesche v. Transamerican Insurance Company

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs initiated this action against their motor vehicle insurer to recover under the uninsured motorist clause for personal injuries they sustained in a rear-end automobile accident. The matter was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict of no cause of action against both plaintiffs. Thereafter, the trial court denied plaintiffs’ motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and motion for a new trial. Plaintiffs appeal therefrom and seek a new trial.

The accident occurred on State Street in Murray, Utah, in the early afternoon on December 6, 1967. The…