Evans v. Alexander

Opinion by

Arnold, J.,

Plaintiffs recovered judgment for damages resulting from a collision with defendant’s tractor-trailer which crashed into the rear of their automobile. Defendant appealed from the refusal of his motion for judgment non obstante veredicto, and raises the sole contention that the plaintiff-driver was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

The jury’s verdict established: State Street in the Borough of Baden is approximately forty feet wide, with two lanes of traffic northerly and two lanes southerly. Plaintiffs were travelling in a northerly direction on a…