Peterson v. Schlottman

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused when defendant’s and plaintiff’s automobiles collided. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for defendant.

Defendant’s automobile struck the rear end of plaintiff’s automobile which caused the two cars to “lock” together. Plaintiff testified that when he got out of his car he felt a pain in his back and that when he leaned over to see how the two cars were engaged he felt a severe pain “like I was struck in the back.”

In his examination of witnesses and in his argument to the jury…