Lewis v. Kirk

The appellant, James Eugene Lewis, instituted this personal injury action to recover damages for injuries sustained in a collision between an ambulance and an automobile driven by the defendant, Robert M. Kirk. Lewis was being transported in the ambulance to a hospital following a motorcycle-automobile collision which occurred a short time earlier. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Kirk, and the trial court denied Lewis’ motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. At trial, the court gave a “sudden emergency” instruction in favor…