Jenkins v. Hechtman

Plaintiff, Mary Jenkins, a minor, age 5 at the time of the accident, by her mother and next friend Lorraine Jenkins, filed this complaint for personal injuries. The complaint alleges that the defendant while driving her motor vehicle struck plaintiff causing severe injury to her head. The child suffered a depressed frontal skull fracture with a fragment of the skull bone pushed into the surface of the brain. A verdict of “not guilty” was returned by the jury upon which judgment was entered. Plaintiff’s post-trial motion for a new trial, or in the alternative, judgment notwithstanding the…