Savard v. Cody Chevrolet, Inc.

The action is in tort. The appeal here was taken by the defendant after verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the trial below in the Washington County Court. The defendant has presented four questions for our determination in its brief and argument.

The most important question presented to us by the defendant arises because of the denial by the trial court of its motion that the jury be directed to return a defendant’s verdict, and that the testimony of Dr. Forrest, a psychiatrist, as to emotional and psychological injuries suffered by the plaintiff, be struck from the case.

The undisputed…