Kennedy v. Union Charcoal & Chemical Co.

This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, E. J. Kennedy, against the defendant, Union Charcoal & Chemical Company, to recover damages for an injury resulting from a collision between a motorcycle, on which plaintiff was riding, and an automobile which Alt, an employee of defendant, was driving.

The trial court sustained the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. Upon appeal the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and remanded the case for a new trial. A petition for certiorari, filed by the defendant, has heretofore been granted, and the case has been ably argued at the bar of this…