Pitt v. Checker Cab Co.

The defendant below, Checker Cab Company, seeks reversal of the judgment entered pursuant to the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, Terry W. Pitt, on the grounds that the trial judge’s mistreatment of Pitt’s counsel and misstatement of certain evidence deprived Checker Cab of a fair trial and resulted in an excessive verdict. We affirm.

This lawsuit arose out of an accident which occurred near 22d Street and Chandler Road in Bellevue. Both the vehicle driven by Pitt and the cab owned by Checker Cab were traveling east on Chandler Road, the cab following Pitt. There came a time…