Rahja v. Current

Rogosheske, Justice.

This is a personal injury action which arose as a result of an automobile’s striking a highway washout during the nighttime. The jury returned a verdict for defendant-driver. Plaintiff, a passenger and the owner of the automobile, appeals from a denial of her posttrial motions.

The essential problem is presented by plaintiff’s claim that a new trial should have been granted because of errors in the instructions to the jury.

Defendant, aged 70, a- retired service-station operator, is a neighbor of plaintiff, a widow aged 59. They reside at Hibbing. Plaintiff is an…