Court Opinion

ID: 9736792
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 19:06:45.271674+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:23:54.700143
License: Public Domain

WUEST, Chief Justice
(concurring in result).
I concur in the result. I agree with Justice Sabers the trial court should have given the requested instruction that Gantv-oort had a duty to see what was there to be seen and was bound by same whether he saw anything or not. However, I agree with the majority opinion in that Herren has failed to show the refusal to give the instruction prejudiced him in any manner since it is unlikely the jury would have returned a different verdict if the instruction had been given. Plaintiff never knew his vehicle had been struck. The only damage was to a taillight on the semi. He told the investigating officer he was not hurt and his first complaint of injury attributed to the accident was two and one-half months thereafter when he went to a chiro-praetor.