Turner v. Willis

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

OGATA, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict returned in favor of plaintiffs-app ellees (hereinafter appellees) in a personal injury action. We conclude that the judgment must be reversed and the cause remanded for new trial.

In their complaint, appellees alleged that appellant Rodney K. Willis negligently operated and/or negligently maintained a motor vehicle so that a pipe which protruded from the side of the motor vehicle struck and injured appellee Ursula Turner. The evidence adduced at trial indicated that on the morning of June 7,…