VAUGHN, Chief Judge.
The test for directing a verdict for a defendant on the ground of contributory negligence is easily stated. Such a motion should only be granted when "the evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff, establishes plaintiff's contributory negligence so clearly that no other reasonable inference or conclusion may be drawn therefrom." Meeks v. Atkeson,
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