Raymer v. Sampson

By Judge Ford C. Quillen. The issue before this Court is the plaintiffs motion for a new trial. The Court, after reviewing all motions, states that the verdict should be set aside for the following reasons.

During voir dire, the counsel for defendant stated, “If the Court were to instruct you at the conclusion of the case that if you believe from the evidence that Ms. Raymer, in the slightest extent possible, contributed to this accident and if the Court further instructed you that the law óf Virginia required you as jurors in that situation to return a verdict for the defendant, would any of…