Roumel v. Fude

The defendants say this is a “following car” case; the plaintiffs say that it is a “changing lanes and cutting in” case and that they became a “following car” solely because the defendant-driver changed lanes and cut in front of them so sharply that they had no opportunity to stop before colliding with defendants’ car. The jury found against plaintiffs on their complaint and against the defendants on their cross complaint; in short, for the defendants without damages. From the judgment of dismissal, the plaintiffs appeal.

Their theory of the case was presented to the jury in the following…