Shiffman v. Crowe

Appellants, defendants below, appeal a final judgment consequent upon jury verdict for appellee, plaintiff below. The error assigned and argued concerns the trial court’s alleged error in denying defendant-appellants’ motions for directed verdict, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for new trial.

Appellee sued appellants for damages arising out of a collision between an automobile, driven by the minor appellant Rue-ban Shiffman, and a pedestrian, Robert B. Fawkes, appellee’s decedent. As a result of the collision, Fawkes’ left leg was broken. (His subsequent death was in no way…