Lang v. Morant

STEELE, Chief Justice.

In this automobile personal-injury action, Danielle Lang, a defendant below, appeals from an order of a Superior Court judge that set aside an initial jury verdict in her favor and granted a new trial. The second trial resulted in a jury award of $25,000 to Appellee Raymond Morant. Lang appeals that result as well. The trial judge, in the initial trial, specifically asked the jury to determine as a matter of fact whether the person driving Lang’s car had acted as Lang’s agent at the time of the accident. Despite submitting the issue of agency to the jury in the first…