Schanaman v. Ramirez

Caporale, District Judge.

The plaintiff, as personal representative of her deceased son, Robert W. Schanaman, Jr., appeals the trial court’s judgment on the jury’s verdict for the defendant in a wrongful death action arising out of a pickup truck-motorcycle accident. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

The salient facts, considering the evidence most favorably to the defendants, are these. The accident occurred during dusk at approximately 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of East Overland and Fifth Street, Scottsbluff, Nebraska, on September 22, 1977. Both…