Stimeling v. Goodman

Hazel Stimeling, appellant, instituted action against Thomas M. Goodman for damages because of personal injuries she sustained when the automobile she was driving collided with a vehicle operated by Goodman. At the conclusion of all the evidence, the court sustained defendant’s motion to strike plaintiff’s evidence, discharged the jury and entered summary judgment for defendant on March 26, 1959.

The litigants will be referred to at times as plaintiff and defendant in accordance with the positions they occupied in the court below.

Plaintiff challenges the rulings of the court which held that…