Douglas-Seibert v. Riccucci

In this rear-end auto collision case, Dianna Douglas-Seibert appeals the trial court’s judgment entered after a jury returned a verdict in favor of rear-vehicle defendants Louis Riccucci and Tarmac America, LLC. The trial court erred in denying Douglas-Seibert’s motion for a directed verdict and, therefore, we reverse the judgment.

Douglas-Seibert alleged negligence on the part of Riccucci and Tarmac, the driver and owner of a cement truck that rear-ended her vehicle. At trial, after the close of evidence, Douglas-Seibert moved for a directed verdict on the issue of Riccucci’s negligence,…