Thompson v. Byers Transportation Co.

BOHLING, C.

Clifford Thompson sued Byers Transportation Company, Inc., a corporation, for $175,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The jury returned a verdict for defendant, and plaintiff appealed from the judgment entered thereon.- Plaintiff’s main assignment alleges error in the giving of defendant’s burden of proof instruction. Defendant denies error, and also contends plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, barring recovery.

Plaintiff was a long-distance driver for the Wilson Truck Company, having had eighteen years’ experience,…