Berio v. Talley

CLAY, Commissioner.

This is an automobile collision case. In a consolidated trial appellees, James and Mary Sanders, recovered judgments against appellant in the respective amounts of $1,000 and $2,250. The jury found for appellee Talley with respect to appellant’s claim against him. Appellant’s grounds for reversal relate principally to the instructions and the alleged excessiveness of the damages awarded.

As appellant was driving his automobile on highway 60 near Cloverport he approached Talley’s car parked on the brow of a hill on the right side of the road. When appellant passed the parked…