Wilmington Country Club v. Cowee

HARTNETT, Justice.

In this appeal and cross appeal, defendant, Wilmington Country Club, (“Country Club”) challenges the verdict in two jury trials that arose out of a motor vehicle accident that occurred at the intersection of Country Club’s private roadway and a public highway. We hold that in the first trial the jury did not err in finding that, although plaintiff, Mrs. Cynthia Cowee, was contributorily negligent, her negligence was not the proximate cause of the accident and therefore the Superior Court was incorrect in ordering a new trial. We further hold that the Superior Court correctly…