Boyd v. Young

By JUDGE A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON

This case is now before the Court on the defendant’s motion [to set aside the verdict], renewed following the hung jury pursuant to Rule 1:11. The defendant argues that there is no conflict in the evidence which shows as a matter of law that the defendant’s decedent immediately before the accident, was suddenly stricken by a blackout spell which she had no reason to anticipate and that such condition caused the collision and the resulting damages to the plaintiff. The defendant relies on the evidence of his decedent contained in her written statement received as…