Nickolas L. Barnes v. Robert L. Brown, Individually, and Robert L. Brown, D/B/A Brown Trucking Company

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

The jury in this diversity personal injury case returned a general verdict for plaintiff Barnes for $1,000.00, but answered “Yes” to a special interrogatory whether he was guilty of contributory negligence proximately causing his injury. The district court nullified the general verdict, entered judgment on the special verdict and overruled Barnes’ motion for new trial. He has appealed. We affirm.

On July 21, 1965, about 8:00 a.m., both Barnes in a passenger car, and defendant Brown in a tractor-trailer, were driving west on Illinois four-lane highway Route 64 in DuPage…