Crawford v. Seufert

This is an action for damages arising ont of an automobile collision. The plaintiff appeals from an order setting aside a verdict in her favor and entering judgment n.o.v.. The sole issue is whether there was sufficient evidence to make out a jury question on the causal relation between the collision and the plaintiff’s physical disorder. The plaintiff alleged in her complaint that the accident caused her to suffer “severe and permanent perforations of the diverticulum.” The complaint alleged further that the “perforations of the diverticulum” produced an abscess formation in the…