Bolan v. Adams

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Geauga County in which, after a trial by jury, judgment was rendered for defendant-appellee.

On December 4, 1980, plaintiff-appellant was injured as a result of a traffic accident involving the appellee’s automobile. On the night of the accident, the appellant was walking down the middle of U.S. Route 6, an unlit two-lane highway.

Appellant’s counsel stated in part as follows in the opening statement:

“Sometime during her life span, her husband, I guess, started drinking. Molly started drinking. Molly developed a drinking problem,…