Ramsey v. Christie

PARKER, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns error to denial of her motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the issue of defendant’s negligence. In this we find no error. Contrary to plaintiff’s contention, defendant’s evidence did not establish her negligence as a matter of law but presented a question for the jury as to whether defendant exercised the same degree of care which a reasonably prudent person would have exercised under the circumstances confronting her. Plaintiff’s right to recover in this case depended upon the jury accepting as credible her testimony…