Persike v. Gray

This ease presents, at first glance, a singular aspect, because plaintiffs, husband and wife, protected by seat belts, were seated in a vehicle waiting behind another vehicle for a red light to change, when their car was rear-ended by defendant’s vehicle, and plaintiff wife developed a herniated disk which the two doctors called by the defense said was related to the accident (they were uncertain as to the degree of causation); but the jury, by nine to three vote, found for defendant shortly after the case was submitted to them.

Facts of the Accident

Defendant testified that he was driving…