Attorneys succeeded in appellate court when the court reversed a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff

Attorneys succeeded in appellate court when the court reversed a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Plaintiff was impaled on the steering wheel when she drove a go-kart at full speed, head first into a retaining barrier. Plaintiff argued the operator was negligent in allowing the 225 pound woman to ride the kart because her abdomen was only 1 to 2 inches from the steering wheel. Plaintiff also argued the operator should have lowered the speed of the kart because even though plaintiff had been driving for 20 years, this was her first time on a go-kart. Plaintiff put on no expert to testify and at the end of plaintiff's case, defendant's motion for a directed verdict was denied. The Appellate Division agreed with the defense that the motion should have been granted because without an expert, plaintiff could not establish that the defendant had breached a standard of care and the jury should not have been allowed to speculate on the issue.