Mourison v. Hansen

The plaintiff was riding in the front seat of an automobile which was being operated by her husband. As the automobile approached the intersection of West Avenue and Garner Street in Norwalk, it was stopped by a red traffic signal and while standing the automobile was run into in the rear by a delivery truck proceeding in the same direction driven by the defendant John A. Hansen, and owned by his father, Einar V. Hansen. The case was tried to the jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff from which she has appealed, claiming error in the instructions of the court upon the question of…