Oliver v. Powell

VAUGHN, Judge.

The principal question raised on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant’s motion for directed verdict. Before we reach this issue, we must address the issue of whether the trial court properly excluded certain evidence offered by plaintiff through the deposition of Roland Smith.

Defendant, at the outset, contends Roland Smith was not testifying about the same accident. Smith remembered an accident in 1977 on Wendover Avenue where it intersects with Maple Street involving a light-colored Volkswagen and a pedestrian. Smith did not remember the exact date…