Kenneth C. Segal v. Charles L. Cook

Plaintiff appeals from a jury verdict for the defendant rendered in relation to an automobile accident wherein plaintiff claimed a back injury.

The suit arose out of a collision where a truck driven by defendant struck the rear of plaintiff’s automobile when it stopped at a red light.

The factual disputes which bore on the issue of negligence and contributory negligence pertained to how far before the red light intersection plaintiff overtook and passed defendant and returned to the same (curb) lane in which defendant was traveling.

Plaintiff contended the passing took place two-tenths of a mile…