McClymont v. Morgan

Mae E. McClymont appeals from a jury verdict in the amount of $75,000 rendered in favor of Lloyd A. Morgan, the defendant, on his counterclaim. Plaintiff McClymont assigns as error generally the judgment in favor of defendant, the failure of the trial court to direct a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and the failure to give plaintiff’s proposed instruction on the sudden emergency doctrine. We affirm.

This lawsuit arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on March 1, 1987, on Highway 44 at its intersection with River Road one-half mile south of Kearney, in Kearney County. Highway 44…