Austin v. Williams

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

The jury trial in this case, where the defendant admitted negligence in a personal injury claim arising from an automobile accident, resulted in a verdict for defendant. While die defendant admitted negligence, she contested liability on the ground of plaintiffs contributory negligence as the proximate cause of the accident.

Briefly, the parties’ respective vehicles collided on a one way street after defendant turned into the street in the wrong direction. The issue of plaintiff s contributory negligence arose out of her activity inside her vehicle just prior to…