Murphy v. Hammons

RAY, Justice.

This is a suit for personal injuries in which a pedestrian was struck by an automobile. Appellee (plaintiff) Otis Ham-mons filed suit against appellant (defendant) Joseph Murphy to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when he, as a pedestrian, was struck by an automobile being driven by appellant Murphy. Upon a finding by the jury of primary negligence and proximate cause on the part of the appellant and upon the granting of ap-pellee Hammons’ motion to disregard the jury’s findings on the issues of contributory negligence, the trial court entered a judgment for…