Natoli v. Deal

KRAFT, District Judge.

The facts of this case are detailed in our opinion granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial following the first trial, reported at 196 F.Supp. 927 (E.D.Pa. 1961). Briefly, plaintiff, a guest passenger in an automobile owned and operated by the third-party defendant, seeks damages for personal injuries sustained when the automobile collided with the rear end of defendant’s truck proceeding in the same direction on a public highway.

By an amended order, we limited the new trial to the single issue of defendant’s liability to the plaintiff.

The second trial resulted in a…