Vanzant v. Davies

CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting Chief Judge.

The plaintiff in a negligence action has appealed from a final judgment for the defendant entered by the Circuit Court for Nassau County, based upon a jury verdict.

The basic question presented for our determination in this appeal is whether, as the defendant contends, the evidence at the trial showed that the defendant was negligent and that the plaintiff’s negligence did not proximately contribute to his injuries.

In order to test the validity of this contention, we need only to examine the transcript of the trial proceedings in order to determine…