Patras v. Syphax

In answer to special interrogatories, a jury in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County found that appellee Paul Christopher Syphax negligently operated a car that rear-ended a vehicle driven by appellant Dan Patras, and that Syphax’s “negligence was the proximate cause of the injuries sustained by [Patras].” But the jury nevertheless awarded Patras no damages.

Patras appeals from the judgment entered on that verdict, raising several issues that we reorder and rephrase as follows:

I. Is the jury’s finding that Syphax’s negligence caused Patras’s injuries inconsistent with its zero dollar damage…