Dunlavey v. Patti

This is a guest passenger suit in which plaintiff, Betty Dunlavey, the passenger, was awarded an $8,000 jury verdict against defendant, Thomas Patti, the driver. Subsequently, on defendant’s póst-trial motion, the trial judge set aside both the verdict and the judgment entered thereon, upon the grounds that they are contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence, and a new trial was ordered. We have granted plaintiff’s petition for leave to appeal from the order granting a new trial.

The accident from which this controversy arises occurred on Sunday, November 5, 1961, at approximately 12:10…