Pickett v. Cooper

The plaintiff below, Mrs. Pickett, was injured in a collision between an automobile driven by her husband, in which she was a passenger, and one operated by the defendant, Cooper. She brought this action for damages against Cooper, a jury returned a verdict in Cooper’s favor, on which judgment was entered, and the plaintiff appeals. She contends that the trial court erred in its rulings on instructions and in refusing to set aside the verdict on the ground that the evidence was conclusive that the defendant was guilty of negligence.

The accident occurred in Amherst county on June 1, 1958,…