Bruneau v. Curtis

In this personal injury action involving an automobile collision with a motorcycle, defendant appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s granting of plaintiff’s motion for a new trial after a jury verdict for defendant. We agree that the court erred in granting the motion for new trial and therefore reverse the judgment and remand for reinstatement of the jury verdict.

At trial, the jury answered “no” to Question 1 on the verdict form:

“Was the defendant negligent in one or more of the ways alleged in the plaintiffs complaint, and, if so, was such negligence a cause of damage to the…