Bellacome v. Bailey

This case arises from an accident involving a pedestrian and a motor vehicle. Ann Heath Bellacome brought this action against Frederick Bailey to recover for injuries which she alleged resulted from the defendant’s vehicle striking her while she was crossing a street in Dover. The issue presented on appeal is whether the trial judge’s instructions misled the jury to find erroneously, and contrary to the evidence, for the defendant. We hold that the instructions were not misleading and that there was sufficient evidence, to support the verdict.

On January 15, 1975, the plaintiff exited from a…