Furtado v. Levrault

Plaintiff Carol Furtado (“Furtado”) commenced this motor vehicle tort action against defendant Allen Levrault (“Levrault”) to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered in a collision between the two vehicles they were operating. Following a jury verdict for Levrault, Furtado filed this appeal. Furtado alleges as error: (1) the trial judge’s admission into evidence of opinion testimony from Levrault’s expert on the subject of Levrault’s speed at the time of collision, and (2) the judge’s instruction to the jury on the subject of speeding.

The accident occurred just before 1:00…