Berra v. Danter

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against defendant to recover damages for injuries sustained and medical expenses incurred as a result of being struck by a vehicle driven by defendant as plaintiff was crossing a street. The jury returned a verdict assessing eighty-five percent fault to defendant and fifteen percent fault to plaintiff. It found the total amount of plaintiffs damages, disregarding plaintiffs fault, to be $300,000. The trial court reduced the damages by the percentage of fault assessed against plaintiff and entered judgment in plaintiffs favor in…