Bailey v. Hilleman

SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment against him based upon a jury verdict find*505ing for the defendant in an intersection collision case. On appeal plaintiff challenges the giving of an instruction on contributory negligence and the failure of the trial court to order a new trial because of the alleged misconduct of the jury.

Plaintiff, a State Highway Patrol officer, was injured when his vehicle was struck by the defendant’s automobile as plaintiff was making a left turn from the eastbound exit ramp of 1-270 into the northbound lane of Brown Road in St. Louis County. Defendant was…