Hardaway v. Consolidated Paper Co.

I do not approve the practice of directing verdicts for plaintiffs' in negligence *200cases. For reasons see separate opinions of Nabozny v. Hamil, 361 Mich 544, and Cooke v. Brown, 365 Mich 172. Even when proof justifies ruling, as a matter of law, that the party charged stands guilty of negligence per se, there invariably remains the typical jury question whether such adjudged negligence contributed in fact to the result complained of.' Such is the general rule. Spencer v. Phillips & Taylor, 219 Mich 353; Beebe v. Hannett, 224 Mich 88; Arvo v. Delta Hardware Co., 231 Mich 488; Comstock v.…