Myers v. Lawson Milk Co.

The principal question presented here is whether it was prejudicial error for the trial court to give the following requested special instruction to the jury, over plaintiff’s objection, prior to argument:

“If you find from your — the evidence that both the Lawson Milk Company and Judith Myers were negligent in the operation of their respective vehicles and that the negligence of each proximately contributed to some extent to cause the accident which occurred, your verdict must be for the defendant without respect to the degree or amount of negligence of either.” (Emphasis added.)

We considered…