Maloney v. Williams

This is an appeal of a jury verdict rendered in favor of Jason Williams [“Williams”], the plaintiff below, in an action for negligence.

On August 4, 1993, Williams and Phillip Ryan Maloney [“Maloney”] were involved in a one-car automobile accident in Williams’ Camaro. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident, and both Williams and Maloney claimed that the other was the driver of the vehicle when the accident occurred. Both Williams and Maloney were minors at the time of the accident, and there is evidence that the two had been drinking.

Williams brought the instant action against Maloney on…