Alta Williams and Her Husband Jack Williams v. John W. Hennessey, as Trustee for Penn-Dixie Lines, Inc.

JOHNSON, District Judge.

This diversity action, involving a claim for damages to compensate for personal injuries received in an automobile-truck intersectional accident in North Carolina and trial in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida, resulted in a jury verdict in favor of the defendant-appellee.

The only questions appellants seek to present upon this appeal are:(1) Whether the charge of the trial judge to the jury was misleading and prejudicial as it related to the defense of contributory negligence, and(2) Whether it was prejudicial error for the trial judge to instruct…