Lemieux v. Bishop

Rogosheske, Justice.

In this death-by-wrongful-act action for damages arising out of a collision between two automobiles, defendants appeal from an order of the district court denying their motion to set aside a special jury verdict and grant a limited new trial on the issue of liability. The dispositive issues are (1) whether the trial court erred in admitting expert opinion testimony of an admittedly qualified engineer regarding the speed defendants’ automobile was traveling at the time of the accident, and (2) whether it was error to deny a new trial upon defendants’ claim, asserted for the…