Reel v. Beckner

This is an automobile-pedestrian knock-down case tried to a jury which returned a defendant’s verdict. The pedestrian-plaintiff-appellant claims error in the giving of three instructions tendered by defendant and in the refusal of one instruction tendered by plaintiff.

Defendant’s instruction No. 5,' given over plaintiff’s objection is identical to defendant’s instruction No. 8 in Hill v. Jennings (1971), 149 Ind. App. 241, 271 N. E. 2d 473, 26 Ind. Dec. 289, except for one word. 1 The jury herein was told that “in such event your verdict may be for the defendant . . .”, not “should be”, as in…