Haynes v. Corum & Edwards, Inc.

CULLEN, Commissioner.

William E. Haynes sued Corum & Edwards, Inc., road contractors, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when Haynes’ automobile collided with a road grader of the defendant company. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant, on the ground that the evidence showed Haynes was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. Haynes has appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict, contending that the evidence created a jury issue as to contributory negligence.

The contractors were putting a blacktop surface on a gravel…