Bliss v. Knapp

This is an appeal by the defendant, Harley C. Knapp, from a judgment entered by the circuit court of Winnebago county, on a jury verdict of $4,000 in favor of the plaintiff, William Bliss, who sustained certain personal injuries in an automobile collision.

There are essentially two legal issues presented by this appeal: whether the verdict of the jury is against the manifest weight of the evidence, and whether the circuit court erred in refusing to give the jury certain instructions submitted by the defendant with reference to contributory negligence.

In the instant case the evidence with…