Blankley v. Martin

GREENE, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from a judgment filed on 8 December 1989 based upon a jury verdict finding the plaintiff to have been contributorially negligent in the events leading up to a car wreck between the plaintiff and the defendant.

The plaintiff filed this negligence action against the defendant on 25 February 1988. The defendant admitted his own negligence but argued that the plaintiff was contributorially negligent. This case came on for trial before a jury on 27 November 1989. The plaintiff presented the following evidence: On the morning of 7 December 1987, the defendant was…