Johnston v. Lynch

This negligence action arose from a collision between an automobile driven by the defendant, Frank Lynch, and a bicycle ridden by Cain A. J. Johnston (Cain). Following a trial in the Superior Court (.McHugh, J.), the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiffs appeal from the jury verdict and the trial court’s denial of their post-trial motion to set aside the verdict, alleging the following errors: (1) the verdict is against the weight of the evidence or is the product of plain mistake, passion, partiality or corruption; (2) the trial court erroneously excluded the opinion…