Longo v. Bloomer

PHILLIP GOLDMAN, Circuit Judge.

This cause is presently before the court on the plaintiff’s motion for new trial; a jury having returned a verdict for the defendant.

*100While the motion consists of five grounds (none of which are abandoned) only three are argued. The grounds argued relate to two events which took place during the trial — (1) the admission into evidence of a section of the Metropolitan Traffic Code (section 30-111), and (2) an alleged improper argument by defense counsel.

First the “evidence question”. There is little to be gained, by prolonged discussion of this ground. The court’s…