Task: songer_initiate

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify what party initiated the appeal. For cases with cross appeals or multiple docket numbers, if the opinion does not explicitly indicate which appeal was filed first, assumes that the first litigant listed as the "appellant" or "petitioner" was the first to file the appeal. In federal habeas corpus petitions, consider the prisoner to be the plaintiff.

PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff Willis recovered damages, in the District Court on April 10, 1972, for personal injuries . received when the automobile in which she was a passenger collided with defendant-appellant’s automobile then bogged down and stopped in a private driveway adjacent to a Virginia State highway. Defendant had attempted to turn his vehicle around by backing into the driveway from the highway. The front of the mired vehicle protruded into the highway lane along which plaintiff was travelling.
Upon consideration of the record and the arguments of counsel on the appeal of the defendants, we find no inadequacy in the evidence or error at trial warranting reversal of the judgment entered for the plaintiff on the jury’s verdict.
Affirmed.

Question: What party initiated the appeal?
A. Original plaintiff
B. Original defendant
C. Federal agency representing plaintiff
D. Federal agency representing defendant
E. Intervenor
F. Not applicable
G. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: B