Marcellus v. Cronan

Appellant Marcellus timely appeals a final judgment entered after a jury verdict rendered in favor of Cronan in an automobile negligence action.

Marcellus filed a complaint against Cro-nan, asserting Cronan was negligent for rear-ending a vehicle in which Marcellus was a passenger. At trial, counsel for Marcellus requested that the jury instruction pertaining to the presumption of negligence in rear-end automobile accidents be given to the jury. The trial court declined to give such instruction, finding that sufficient testimony had been presented to the jury indicating that the vehicle in…