Bymark v. Englert

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Hennepin County, and from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

Because of our disposition of this appeal, the only material issue is whether the trial court properly directed a verdict in defendant’s favor in a situation where he rear-ended a parked automobile but offered testimony by way of justification to the effect that the steering mechanism of his 1959 Mercury failed without warning when he attempted to steer around plaintiff’s car.

One who runs into the rear end of a parked vehicle without reasonable excuse…