Calvin B. Yates v. Rebecca Hites

Bailey, Judge.

Case Summary

[1] Calvin B. Yates ("Yates") filed a civil lawsuit against Rebecca Hites ("Hites") for personal injuries arising out of a motor vehicle accident. Yates appeals the judgment, following a jury trial, in favor of Hites. Yates raises only the following issue on appeal: whether the trial court abused its discretion when it gave the jury an instruction on sudden emergency.

[2] We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Facts and Procedural History

[3] In the early morning of January 31, 2014, Hites, who lives in Shipshewana, received *904 a phone call from her friend, Dave Smith…