Cogo v. Moore

Per Curiam:.

Defendant appeals as of right from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in *750favor of plaintiff for $20,000 in damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. On July 19, 1975, plaintiff was driving her 1974 Mustang on the Lodge Expressway near Linwood in the City of Detroit. As plaintiff approached the Linwood overpass, traffic slowed as the expressway narrowed from three lanes to one lane due to construction. Plaintiff was traveling at a speed of approximately five miles per hour when her car was struck from behind by a…