Phillips v. Vrooman

VAN OSDOL, C.

[ 356] Action for $25,000 damages for personal injuries sustained in an airplane crash near the South Bend Airport at South Bend, Indiana, when plaintiff, Richard W. Phillips, was riding in-a small single-wing, four-passenger airplane piloted by defendant, Claude B. Vrooman, acting for the owner, defendant Edwin M. LeBow. The jury returned a verdict for defendants, and plaintiff has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

Plaintiff-appellant assigns errors of the trial court in the giving of instructions, and in permitting defendants’ counsel to argue to the jury matters outside the…