Benscoter v. Williams

SNYDER, Judge.

Plaintiffs Frank and Larry Benscoter, brought this action jointly, by their mother and next friend, against defendant Della Williams for damages for personal injuries sustained by them in an automobile-pedestrian accident on June 7, 1974. A jury returned verdicts for the defendant on both claims. The trial court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial on the ground it was error to give two converse instructions to the jury, one for each of the two plaintiffs’ verdict directing instructions. The appeal followed. This court reverses, disagreeing with the trial court’s finding…