Falls v. Adams

By JUDGE WILLIAM W. SWEENEY

This case is before the Court on a motion to set aside the jury verdict rendered in favor of the defendant Roland Woodrow Adams. A non-suit was taken as to the other co-defendant who had filed no responsive pleadings and was in default on the day of trial. The facts are sufficiently set out in counsels' briefs and will not be restated.

The main question presented is whether the Court properly rejected evidence from the state trooper that the defendant, Adams, had previously pleaded guilty to a failure to yield right of way at his criminal trial arising out of this…