DeYoung v. Fallon

*68ROSSMAN, J.

This is an action for damages resulting from injuries incurred by plaintiff when defendant struck her, knocking her to the pavement. Plaintiff appeals a judgment entered in her favor, arguing that the trial court erred in withdrawing her claim for gross negligence from the jury.1 We affirm, because, although the trial court committed error, it was harmless.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that defendant’s daughter asked plaintiff to help her jump start a friend’s automobile, which had stalled in a parking lot. As plaintiff was connecting her car battery to the one in the stalled…