Esparaza v. Manning

Defendant appeals as of right from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff for noneconomic losses sustained in a motor vehicle collision. Plaintiff obtained a judgment of $15,000, together with costs, interest and mediation attorney fees. We affirm.

On April 4, 1982, plaintiff was a passenger in her motor vehicle, operated by Edmund Trstenjak, who was traveling northbound on M-27, one-half mile south of Cheboygan, Michigan. Weather conditions were poor, with snow falling off and on, causing low visibility. Defendant was driving a wrecker in the southbound lane at…