Ferriola v. Burdick

The named defendant obtained a verdict in a suit by the plaintiff to recover for personal injuries. The plaintiff has appealed from the judgment thereon, claiming error in rulings on evidence, in the charge as given, in the failure to charge as requested, in denying a motion to set aside the verdict, and in the finding. We shall limit our discussion to a ruling on evidence.

Such facts as are material to this limited phase of the appeal follow. On January 27, 1956, the plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile which was stopped at a traffic light when it was struck in the rear by a car…