Knotts v. Valocchi

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, appellee herein, rendered on the verdict of a jury in the amount of $42,000 for personal injuries resulting from an automobile collision at an intersection controlled by a traffic signal light. Each party claimed, in pleadings and evidence, the existence of a green traffic signal in his or her favor and each denied any knowledge of the approach of the other.

Six assignments of error are presented, three of them relating to the trial court's charges to the jury. These three, Nos. 1, 3 and 6, will be first considered.

The first relates to…