Christian v. Elden

The underlying issue here is whether the Court erred in denying the defendants’ motions for nonsuits and directed verdicts which were based on the proposition that the evidence did not warrant a finding that Hans Kreis was negligent. On the record, the jury, considering the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom most favorably to the plaintiff (Zellers v. Chase, 105 N. H. 266, 268; see also, Leonard v. Manchester, 96 N. H. 115, 117) could find the following:

The minor plaintiff, Sandra Christian, had been riding horses for some ten months before the accident. On the day in question,…