Demmy v. Sligh

SHANNON, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial to the plaintiff below in a personal injury action.

On December 22, 1962, the automobile in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger crashed into the rear of a pickup truck owned and operated by the defendant. Plaintiff sued the defendant as a result thereof and the defendant denied any neg-ligénce and pleaded that the negligence of plaintiff’s driver (her husband) was the sole and proximate cause of the injury. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff. Pursuant to the plaintiff’s motion…