Calvanese v. A. S. W. Taxi Corp.

The plaintiff brought a negligence action against the defendants based on back injuries allegedly caused by a collision on November 24, 1972, between a taxicab owned by one defendant (in which the plaintiff was riding) and a motor vehicle owned and operated by the other defendant. The jury returned verdicts for the defendants, finding on special questions that the defendants were negligent but that the plaintiff had sustained no personal injury as a result of the defendants’ negligence. The plaintiff asserts error in the judge’s refusal to give certain requested jury instructions; his denial…