Watson Seafood & Poultry Co. v. George W. Thomas, Inc.

BRANCH, Justice.

Plaintiff’s sole assignment of error is that the trial court erred in instructing the jury concerning passing at an intersection.

The trial judge instructed the jury on the issue of contributory negligence as follows:

If you answer it [the first issue] “yes,” you go to the second issue, which is as follows: “Did the plaintiff by his own negligence — that is Mr. Parker — contribute to his own injury or damage, as the defendant Pridgen alleges?”

This means that the defendant Pridgen is claiming that the plaintiff Parker is guilty of what we call “contributory negligence.” By…