DeJulio v. Foster

Although recognizing the generally accepted validity of the court’s discussion, I would respectfully disagree as to the affirmation of the trial court’s denial of directed verdict, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or the motion for new trial, as requested by appellant as original plaintiff in this back-up and run-over, adverse-verdict case. Consequently, I dissent.

The pervasive criticism of the tort system of today is emotionally premised on contorted examples of extremity in jury-verdict result.1

The subject should be first analyzed under the principle of probability and the rule of…