Lawe v. City of Seattle

This is an action against the city of Seattle and one of its employees to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as the result of negligent operation by the employee of a truck owned by the city. From judgment on the verdict in favor of the plaintiff, motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial having been overruled, the defendants appealed.

This appeal presents only one question for determination: Did respondent’s negligence contribute to his injury to such a degree as to require the court to hold, as a matter of law, that it…