Izett v. Walker

— This is an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment for defendants in a personal injury suit arising from a rear-end automobile collision. The judgment for defendants was based on a jury verdict. The motion for judgment n.o.v. or a new trial was denied.

Since the trial court had instructed the jury that defendants were negligent as a matter of law, the issues in this appeal are limited to the question of whether plaintiffs were guilty of contributory negligence and of the appropriateness of certain instructions pertaining thereto.

The accident occurred on Aurora Avenue (Highway 99) just south of…