Waletzko v. Herdegen

VOGEL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in district court and from the trial court’s order denying Waletz-ko’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial.

At approximately 1:20 p. m., February 13, 1972, the plaintiff, Myra Waletzko, was a passenger in a car driven by her husband. While stopped for a red light, the Waletzko car was struck from behind by a car driven by the defendant, Carol Jo Herdegen.

Herdegen saw the Waletzko vehicle ahead of her from a distance of approximately two blocks, at which point she was…