Burdick v. York Oil Company

POPE, Justice.

This is a personal injury case. The jury answered all issues against the plaintiff, Hope A. Burdick, and he has appealed. The case must be reversed upon the points which complain that Mr. Tom Alexander, attorney for the defendant York Oil Company, Inc., saturated the record with harmful and excluded evidence.

Plaintiff sued for damages to his neck suffered in a collision when the driver of York Oil Company’s car ran into the rear of plaintiff’s car. There was evidence which would support a verdict either way. The trial lasted two weeks and the statement of facts consists of 1,196…