Goodin v. May

TITUS, Presiding Judge.

On December 7, 1967, plaintiff was stopped at a Charleston intersection with vehicles fore and aft, when defendant drove against the hind car and propelled it into collision with plaintiff’s automobile. Plaintiff, a 50-year-old county clerk and farmer, contended this unexpected rear end collision caused him to suffer a flexion-ex-tension (whiplash) injury to his neck. At the April 15, 1970, trial, defendant admitted responsibility for the casualty, the jury was charged in the words of MAI 31.07, and a $4,000 verdict was returned. Defendant appeals from the trial court’s…