Markey v. Howard

BOWES, Judge.

Plaintiff, Gaylard Markey, appeals a jury verdict, which was made the judgment of the trial court, seeking to have this court increase the amount of damages awarded and asking that we reverse that portion of the district court decision which finds Mr. Markey 30% at fault in the automobile accident which gave rise to this litigation.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., on February 24, 1983, plaintiff-appellant, Gaylard Mar-key, was operating a 1978 Pontiac LeMans, owned by his guest passenger and girlfriend, Hilda Venson, in a westbound direction on that portion of U.S. Highway 90-B known…