Hargis v. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana

Plaintiff, Harold Hargis, obtained judgment on a verdict of $3875 for injuries incurred while delivering oil products at the bulk plant of the defendant, Standard Oil Company of Indiana, in Centralia, Illinois.

On this appeal the defendant contends it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law, on the grounds that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, the defendant was not proved guilty of any negligence which proximately contributed to plaintiff’s injury, and plaintiff had assumed the risk. In the alternative, it is contended a new trial should be ordered because the verdict…