Otterbeck v. Lamb

OPINION

By the Court,

Collins, C. J.:

This appeal is from a final judgment and an order denying appellant a new trial in a personal injury action arising out of a two-car collision. The jury found for respondent (defendant below),.driver of one vehicle, and against appellant (plaintiff below), a passenger in the other vehicle. We think prejudicial error was committed in instructing the jury, reverse the order ■and remand the action for a new trial.

Appellant, Mrs. Dickinson, and their husbands were vacationing at Elk Point, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and had for several years past. All four were deaf…