Martin v. Benson

Defendants appeal a decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the trial court in a personal injury case and awarding a new trial to the plaintiffs based on the trial court’s decision to allow a neuropsychologist to testify regarding the medical causation of plaintiff Jannett Martin’s (herein plaintiff) impairments.

On 28 November 1990, a truck driven by defendant John Michael Benson and owned by defendant Industrial Electric, Inc., crossed the median and collided with an automobile driven by plaintiff. The parties entered into stipulations that defendants’ negligence caused the collision and…