Maffeo v. Wood

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

Appellees, plaintiffs below, brought an action against Mr. and Mrs. Maffeo and their minor son to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff-husband and allegedly caused by the minor’s negligence in operating an automobile owned by his parents. The case was tried to a jury which returned a $10,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and judgment was duly entered thereon. Defendants’ motion for judgment n. o. v. or, in the alternative, a new trial, was subsequently denied and this appeal followed.

Defendants initially contend that they were entitled to a…