Sirmans v. Penn

HORSEY, Justice:

This appeal raises an issue of tort law involving the foreseeability of negligent conduct leading to injury, the cause of which is an intervening criminal act of a third party. Plaintiff Angelia Sirmans, injured without fault when struck by a stolen motor vehicle, sued Denzil Penn, Jr., the owner of the vehicle, for negligence proximately causing her injuries. Following a jury trial verdict for defendant Penn, plain tiff Sirmans appeals Superior Court’s denial of her motion for a new trial.

Sirmans asserts two grounds for reversible error: (1) that the jury was confused as a…