Leak v. United States Rubber Co.

— The defendants, United States Rubber Company, Uniroyal, Inc., and Uniroyal Home and Auto Center, appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict of $48,000 in favor of the plaintiff, Maurice Leak. The suit is one for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when a wheel fell off his pickup truck.

The assignments of error raise the following issues: (1) did the accident light up, activate or aggravate the preexisting controlled condition of epilepsy; (2) did the plaintiff prove permanent injury as a result of the accident; (3) did the court err in instructing the jury on future…