NEWNAM v. SWETLAND


338 A.2d 560 (1975)

William B. NEWNAM, Jr., Defendant below, Appellant, v. Donald E. SWETLAND, Plaintiff below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided May 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. McKinstry of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellant.

Harold Schmittinger of Schmittinger & Rodriguez, Dover, for plaintiff below, appellee.

Before DUFFY and McNEILLY, JJ., and QUILLEN, Chancellor.


DUFFY, Justice:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict for plaintiff in a personal injury action. Defendant alleges several errors in the course of the Superior Court trial but we focus on only one, failure of the Court to give a requested instruction, which is dispositive of the appeal.

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This action followed from an intersectional collision between motor vehicles driven by the respective parties. They had been traveling in opposite directions on...

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