Haney v. Gregory

In this motor vehicle tort action, rising out of an accident in which the appellee’s vehicle rear-ended the vehicle of the appellant, plaintiff below, judgment was entered in favor of the appellee on a jury verdict. The appellant contends that the trial court erred in granting an emergency instruction. The appellee asserts lack of preservation of that issue and that the emergency instruction was generated by the evidence. 1 For the reasons hereinafter stated, we shall reverse.

The accident occurred on the northbound side of the Jones Falls Expressway, Interstate 83, on February 23, 2004, at…