Wright v. Covey

This action was brought by the appellee Covey to recover for personal injuries and property damage sustained by him when his car ran into the rear end of a stalled tractor-trailer combination that was owned by the appellant Wright and was being driven by Wright’s employee, the appellant Hildebrand. The jury returned a verdict fixing Covey’s total damages at $25,000 and attributing 25 per cent of the negligence to Covey and 75 per cent to Hildebrand. In appealing from the ensuing judgment for $18,750 the defendants question a number of the court’s instructions to the jury and also complain of…