DiPietro v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

Plaintiff sued to recover damages which he alleged he had sustained and would thereafter sustain by reason of the negligence of the defendant, resulting in a collision between an automobile, in which plaintiff was riding as a guest, and another belonging to defendant and being driven by one of its employees upon its business. The jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff for $85,000. This the court below reduced to $60,000, and for that sum judgment was duly entered. Appellant admits in its brief “that this case was for the jury,” which necessarily concedes that…