Linabery v. LaVasseur

Plaintiffs in these 2 cases are husband and wife. Suit is for costs of automobile repairs and for damages resulting from the wife’s personal injuries caused by one of the defendants driving a tractor-trailer, owned by the other, into the rear of the automobile owned by the husband and then being operated by the wife, hereinafter called the plaintiff. The 2 cases were consolidated for trial as they are on appeal here. Plaintiffs appeal from a jury verdict of no cause for action and denial of their motions for new trial.

The plaintiff was driving the automobile, at a rate of speed of 35 miles…