Newman v. Piazza

MOLLOY, Judge.

The defendant appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff. Among the questions presented on appeal are whether the trial court properly gave an instruction on wanton negligence and whether it properly refused an instruction on excessive speed.

The suit arises from an accident occurring when the plaintiff’s car ran into the rear of the defendant’s vehicle while it was parked in the middle of the eastbound lanes of East Broadway, Tucson, Arizona. Broadway, at this point, is a main arterial roadway for east-west traffic in the City of Tucson. At the scene of the…