Joanis v. Engstrom

This is a negligence action. Plaintiff’s decedent, Edmund Joanis, died as a result of injuries received in a collision with the automobiles driven by the defendants and the plaintiff had a verdict. The verdict was set aside by the trial court and the plaintiff appealed from this ruling and assigned errors based on the finding. The dispute between the parties is almost if not wholly concerned with the position of the cars on the road at the time of the impact.

The jury could reasonably have found the following facts: Main Street in Glastonbury connects Glastonbury and East Hartford and runs…