Leach v. Metzger

The plaintiffs-appellees, Estelle Metzger and her husband, William Metzger, brought suit on January 11, 1963, against the defendants-appellants, Artis Leach, driver of a taxicab, and Irvin Edelstein t/a Checker Cab Association Inc., for damages arising out of injuries sustained by the wife as the result of a rear end collision on October 10, 1961, between the taxicab and a standing automobile in which Mrs. Metzger was a passenger. The appellants admitted their liability and on March 11, 1965, the case was tried before a jury, Judge Carter presiding, on the sole question of damages. After…