WISCOMB v. COLE

No. 13329.

519 P.2d 881 (1974)

30 Utah 2d 441

Helen B. WISCOMB, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Robert Nathan COLE and M. Duane Butler, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.L. Summerhays, Strong & Hanni, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellants.

Robert F. Orton, Nielson, Conder, Hansen & Henriod, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and respondent.


CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff initiated this action to recover damages for the personal injuries she sustained when she lost control of her automobile as she swerved to avoid a ladder which had fallen from defendants' pickup truck onto the freeway in Salt Lake City. Plaintiff was awarded judgment on a jury verdict in the sum of $35,000 general damages and $2,841.27 special damages. Defendants appeal therefrom and seek an order granting a new trial on the ground...

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