Legal Opinion
Reid v. Lyon
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 11, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 481-66PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
In this case the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $75,000. The defendant moves for a new trial on two principal grounds. First, it is contended that the Court should not have instructed the jury on the doctrine of last clear chance, in that the doctrine was inapplicable under the evidence in this case. Second, it is contended that the verdict is excessive.
The basic facts in this case are simple. The defendant was driving an automobile southerly on Sixth Street, Northwest, in Washington, D. C. It was in the evening when it was…
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