Swanson v. Martin

The parties appear here in the same order as they appeared in the trial court and will be referred to as plaintiffs and defendant.

The action is in tort for damages allegedly sustained by plaintiffs resulting from an automobile collision on U. S. Highway 87 in Boulder County, Colorado. The defendant by answer set up a general denial. At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict upon the ground that as a matter of law the undisputed evidence proved that the defendant was not guilty of any negligence which could have contributed to, or was the proximate cause of,…