Pocquette v. Carpiaux

For purposes of the opinion the defendants Carpiaux and his insurance carrier will be treated as one party. The jury found that defendant’s negligence was eighty per cent and plaintiff’s negligence was twenty per cent of the cause of the collision and the trial court granted judgment for plaintiff upon the verdict. This must be reversed because of prejudicial error in the admission of evidence on the vital question of whether plaintiff brought his automobile to a stop before entering the arterial street upon which defendant was driving. The jury found that plaintiff had stopped.

Plaintiff and…