Charron v. Kernan

CAMERON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Kathleen Ann Kernan, appellee herein, against the defendant-appellant and from the denial of defendant’s motion for new trial.

We are called upon to determine:

1. Whether the court’s instructions concerning permanent injuries and plaintiff’s counsel’s argument to the jury as to future medical expenses constituted reversible error.

2. Whether the failure to instruct the jury as to the definition of “proximate cause” was a fundamental and reversible error.

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile…