Eastman v. Brackman

STORCKMAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Ruth Eastman, sued Antonio Giacoletto, Walter D. Lampe, and Leonore Brackman to recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been 'sustained by reason of a collision of motor vehicles. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the court sustained the motion of the defendant Lampe for a directed verdict. Near the close of the case, the plaintiff dismissed her cause of action against the defendant Giacoletto with prejudice. The evidence showed that the dismissal was the result of the payment of $3,000 to the plaintiff by the defendant…