Jackson v. Queen

This is an action of tort for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff from being thrown off a truck owned by the defendant, a bottler and manufacturer of soft drinks, and operated on a public way by the defendant’s employee. The jury, although finding specially that there was no proof of gross negligence, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, which must rest upon the ground that while in the exercise of ordinary care the plaintiff was injured through the carelessness of the driver. It is contended by the defendant that his motion for a directed verdict should have been granted because the…