Cox v. Miller

TITUS, Judge.

Prompted by defendant’s motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the trial court opined plaintiff had not maintained a careful and vigilant lookout and was, therefore, guilty of negligence as a matter of law which contributed to cause the two-car-intersectional accident in question. Judgment was entered accordingly and plaintiff has appealed contending the question of his negligence vel non should have been submitted to the jury for decision.

North-south Main Street in Joplin consists of four traffic lanes (each 12 feet wide) and two curb-adjacent parking…