Marshall v. Peter

OPINION

BOLGER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

~ On a particularly icy day, a driver came to a stop about one-half car length behind a vehicle stopped at a stoplight, After the vehicle ahead began to move forward, the driver behind released his foot from the brake, but the driver ahead stopped sooner than the following driver expected. Despite his braking and his low speed, the driver behind slid into the back of the car, The driver ahead contends that no reasonable Juror could have found the other driver not negligent and that the superior court therefore should have granted her motion for a directed…