Butler v. James

REPORTED Clarence James, appellee, filed suit against Nathaniel Butler, appellant, in the Circuit Court for Prince George's County for injuries appellee alleged that he received when appellant's pick-up truck struck the rear of the vehicle appellee was driving on May 21, 1998. After the case was removed from the district court to the circuit court upon appellant's prayer for a jury trial, the trial commenced on August 19, 1999; the jury ultimately returned a verdict in favor of appellee. After the lower court denied appellant's Motion for New Trial or Remittitur and granted appellant's motion to amend the ad damnum clause to conform with the verdict amount, appellant noted this timely appeal, in which he raises five questions that we have rephrased and reordered for clarity as follows: