STOCKARD, Commissioner.
The jury returned a verdict for defendant in plaintiff's suit in which she sought damages for personal injuries in the amount of $17,500. The trial court thereafter granted plaintiff a new trial on the ground that the giving of Instruction No. 5 on contributory negligence constituted prejudicial error, and defendant has appealed.
Defendant drove his 1962 Ford truck to plaintiff's home to take plaintiff to dinner. He stopped the truck...
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