Gowen v. Brothers

This is a personal injury action in which the plaintiffs appeal from an adverse jury verdict. The central questions are whether the Trial Court (Mullavey, J.) erred in declining to remove the issue of causation from the jury and in refusing to grant post-verdict relief.

The plaintiff, Gerald Gowen, and the defendant, Mona Brothers, were involved in a motor vehicle accident in which the plaintiff claims to have injured his shoulder. At trial, the defendant admitted a duty to stay in her own lane of travel and a breach of that duty, but denied that such breach was the cause of the injuries and…