Missey v. Kwan

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by Diane Sarah Kwan, defendant in the trial court, from a jury verdict of $7,500 in damages resulting from injuries sustained by Carolyn Missey. The evidence presented in this case indicated that the defendant was driving her car south on Highway 21; the plaintiffs Carolyn and Kenneth Missey and their daughter were traveling north on Highway 21. Driving conditions were hazardous, the road being wet and near the freezing point. As both vehicles approached a hill, plaintiffs, going up hill and defendant, coming down hill, defendant lost control of her car…