Chasse v. Mitchell, No. 552460 (Aug. 1, 2002)

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO SET ASIDE VERDICT CT Page 9829

The plaintiff has filed a motion to set aside the verdict based on four grounds. At trial the plaintiff testified that he was injured as the result of an automobile accident which occurred on January 12, 1999. He said that he had been traveling on I-395 behind a jeep. When that vehicle's brake lights came on he drove into the breakdown lane to avoid a collision; he and the jeep had both been traveling in the right lane of the highway. The plaintiff…