Rita E. Shaw v. Edward Hines Lumber Co.

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in defendant’s favor in an action to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident, in which a tractor-trailer driven by an employee of defendant collided with plaintiff’s car at a street intersection.

At the close of plaintiff’s evidence, defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied and, at the close of all the evidence, it was renewed. The court reserved decision thereon and submitted the case to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff. On the same day, when defendant asked the court to set for…