Watzig v. Tobin

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when plaintiffs car struck defendants’ Holstein cow on the coast highway near Tillamook. The jury returned a special verdict finding plaintiff to be 50 percent negligent and defendant 50 percent negligent and awarded total -money damages of $10,500. Plaintiff appealed, contending, inter alia, (1) that the verdict was invalid because the award was solely for special damages, or at most, nominal general damages, and thus improper, and (2) that the trial court erred in refusing to give her requested instructions on res ipsa…