Salman v. Cooper

PARIENTE, Judge.

The appellants, Leila Salman (plaintiff) and her husband Kassim Salman, appeal the denial of a motion for a new trial in a negligence action where the jury found in favor of all defendants on the issue of liability. We find the verdict for the defendants to be against the manifest weight of the evidence, and accordingly reverse the order denying plaintiffs motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff Leila Salman, an innocent passenger, was the victim of an intersectional collision involving two vehicles. She sued her daughter Suzanne Salman (Suzanne), as operator of the vehicle in which…