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129 Me. 263

Collins v. Wellman

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 12, 1930

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1930-08-12

Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently March 1967

8 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1930-08-12

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Dunn, J.

¶1In this action, under subrogation provisions of the the Workmen’s Compensation Law, to recover damages for personal injuries caused by an automobile collision, counsel for the defendant, at the close of evidence for the plaintiff, without offering any evidence for the defendant, rested and moved the direction of verdict for the latter.

¶2The motion was granted, and an exception allowed plaintiff.

¶3A verdict should not be ordered by the trial court when, giving the party having the burden of proof the most favorable view of his facts and of every justifiable inference, different conclusions may fairly be drawn from the evidence by different minds. Young v. Chandler, 102 Me., 251.

¶4On study of the record, this court concludes that it was for the jury to say whether the defendant had been negligent, and also whether the plaintiff had been free;from ,any act, or omission, constituting negligence proximately contributing to the injury that ensued.

¶5Conclusion results in sustaining the exception. Only one side of the case having as yet been heard, it seems best not to state or discuss the facts.

¶6Exceptions sustained.

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