Gardiner v. Schobel

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This negligence case comes before us on appeal following a tragic automobile collision that claimed the life of the plaintiffs Raymond and Louise Gardiner’s pregnant daughter and seriously injured their three-year-old granddaughter. This death and these injuries are not before us in this appeal — only the claims of the grandmother and grandfather, herein the plaintiffs. After a Superior Court trial a jury found the plaintiff Louise Gardiner (plaintiff) to be 80 percent negligent and one of the defendants, Gene Schobel (defendant) to be 20 percent negligent, the plaintiffs…