Boucher v. Lowell Automatic Transmission

This is a motor vehicle tort action to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a passenger in her husband’s car when it was struck from the rear by a truck driven by defendant John Crider (“Crider”). Following a jury verdict and the entry of judgment for the defendants, the plaintiff filed this Dist/Mun. Cts. RAD.A, Rule 8C, appeal to present the following issues: (1) whether the trial judge erred by failing to instruct the jury properly on the concept of joint and several liability, (2) whether the verdict slip prepared by the court and presented to the jury without a…