Green v. Brown

In this action, the plaintiff, Alma Green, is seeking damages for personal injuries sustained when her automobile collided with one driven by the defendant, Gladys Taylor and owned by the defendant, Harvey Brown. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000 and the defendants appeal from the judgment entered thereon. The sole question, on appeal, is whether the trial court erred in refusing to give two I.P.I. jury instructions tendered by the defendants and a special interrogatory pertaining to contributory negligence. The instructions defined contributory negligence…