Niemeyer v. Estate of Tichota

This is an action for damages for personal injuries *776resulting from an automobile accident. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $170,000. The sole assignment of error is directed at the overruling of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict or dismissal, and in failing to sustain a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. There is no issue as to the amount of the verdict. In the posture of this case, unless the defendant was entitled to a verdict as a matter of law, the judgment must be affirmed.

Henry Niemeyer, the 27-year-old plaintiff, spent the afternoon…