Matirko v. Korn

Among the several reasons advanced as cause for setting aside the verdict, one of the most important is that the evidence shows that plaintiff was guilty of con' tributory negligence as a matter of law.

Among other facts which the jury might permissibly have found from the evidence, either directly or by reasonable inference, are the following: that when the traffic lights facing east and west on Center Street showed red (which in turn was green for north and south bound traffic) the plaintiff stepped off the north curb and proceeded in a generally south' erly direction toward the opposite…