Brown v. Wackman

This appeal is from a judgment for $16,000, entered on a verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff and against defendant, for damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff when a car in which he was riding collided with a truck.

Upon plaintiff's opening statement to the jury at the conclusion of his testimony and at the end of all the testimony, defendant moved for a directed verdict and, after verdict, for judgment non obstante veredicto, which motions were overruled.

It was the claim of defendant at the trial, and is here, that, upon the facts appearing, the assured-clear-distance-ahead…