Flowers v. Green

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

This is a conventional personal injury case. The plaintiff was crossing a street when he was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and the defendant appealed, submitting various questions for review.

He argues he was entitled to a nonsuit on the basis that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence since the plaintiff testified that he had advanced into a street seven or eight feet when the defendant’s automobile, which later hit him, was 70 or 80 feet away. Whether the plaintiff acted as a…