Lonigro v. Lockett

The plaintiff, Nick Lonigro (Lonigro), sued the defendants, Penny-Cab Company (Penny Cab), George Lockett and James Benecke, to recover for personal injuries he sustained in an automobile collision. The jury found Benecke not liable and found that Penny Cab and Lockett were liable in the amount of $40,000. (We will refer to Penny Cab and Lockett collectively as Penny Cab.) The post-trial motion of Penny Cab for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or to reduce the judgment to $25,000 was stricken on the plaintiff’s motion. Penny Cab maintains that the court erred in striking the motion, that…