Page v. Baxter

Plaintiff’s suit for personal injuries sustained in a collision between the defendant’s moving vehicle and the parked car in which she was a passenger resulted in a verdict awarding her $5,000. The defendant-appellant raises two points: first, the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict upon plaintiff’s submissions of failure to keep a proper lookout or failure to swerve or stop; and, second, excessiveness of the verdict.

Plaintiff’s submissions were in the alternative, and the parties agree evidence must appear to support the submission on the alternate grounds. MAI Committee Notes…