Batt v. City of Tulsa

WILLIAMS, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the trial court on a jury verdict for defendant in an action brought by plaintiff to recover damages allegedly incurred as a result of an automobile accident. On appeal, reference will be made to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.

The sole issue presented herein is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury as to contributory negligence.

At the time here in question, plaintiff was traveling south at a speed of 2S-30 miles per hour in the inside lane of Cincinnati Avenue in Tulsa. Just prior to its…