Calvert v. Ourum

In this action to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding plaintiff and defendant each 50 percent negligent and finding $4,300 in general damages and $7,916.30 in special damages. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff for 50 percent of those amounts, and he appeals. We affirm.

Just before dawn, on May 3, 1977, as plaintiff was driving a motor vehicle (pickup) up Robert’s Mountain on Interstate 5, it skidded on a wet spot and turned upside down, blocking most of the right-hand lane of traffic. One headlight and…