Simkins v. Pulley

OPINION

HAIRE, Judge.

The primary contention urged on this appeal from consolidated actions in the Superior Court is that the trial judge abused his discretion when he granted motions for new trial relating to both actions because of inconsistent verdicts' returned by the jury.

The actions involved personal injury claims of a City of Phoenix police officer and his two passengers for injuries resulting when the police officer swerved his patrol car off the road and collided with a palm tree. The swerve off the road resulted from the officer’s successful attempt to avoid a collision with a vehicle…