Vasconez v. Mills

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a suit for injuries sustained by a bicyclist who was struck by a truck while riding on a rural blacktop road. On appeal the defendant truck driver contends the court erred when it refused to submit jury instructions on comparative fault and the “sudden emergency” doctrine. Defendant also contests adverse rulings on two evidentiary objections. Finding no error warranting reversal, we affirm the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

A jury could have found the following facts. At…