Reed v. Boyd

ALMON, Justice.

The plaintiff, Delorise Reed, appeals from a jury verdict for the defendant, Mamie Wood Boyd, in Reed’s action alleging personal injuries suffered in an automobile collision. The only issue is whether the circuit court erred in denying Reed’s motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence.

On a particular occasion in December 1990, Reed was a passenger in an automobile that, while stopped at a traffic light, was struck from behind by an automobile driven by Boyd. Boyd testified that her foot slipped off the…