Stemler v. Wenham Transportation, Inc.

ROSENBERG, District Judge.

The defendants, Wenham Transportation, Inc. and Billy Dean Bell, have filed a motion for a new trial after a jury awarded a verdict of $21,000 in favor of the plaintiff and against these two defendants.

The plaintiff, Charles E. Stemler, brought this action against these defendants and Robert L. Cook for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident. At the pre-trial conference on February 5,1963, the late Judge John W. McIIvaine dismissed the complaint against Robert L. Cook with the consent of counsel for the plaintiff.

On April 18, 1962, the plaintiff…