McDevitt v. Stacy

TYSON, Judge.

James McDevitt (“plaintiff’) appeals from an order and judgment entered after the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants. We find no error.

*450I. Facts

Janice Stacy (individually “defendant”), substituting for her husband Larry Stacy, (collectively “defendants”) was delivering newspapers from their car at approximately 5:15 a.m. on the morning of 20 October 1998. Defendant was moving slowly along the shoulder of the wrong side of the road inserting newspapers into her customers’ boxes. It was dark and virtually no other traffic was on the road. Defendant saw a car approaching…