Case Name: Moore, Appellant, v. Siebelt, Appellee
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1966-04-20
Citations: 6 Ohio St. 2d 115
Docket Number: No. 39750
Parties: Moore, Appellant, v. Siebelt, Appellee
Judges: Taft, C. J., Matthias, O ’Neill, Herbert, Schneider and Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 6
Pages: 115–116

Head Matter:
Moore, Appellant, v. Siebelt, Appellee
(No. 39750
Decided April 20, 1966.)
Messrs. Smith, Clark é Holsapfel, for appellant.
Messrs. Gingher S Christensen, Mr. Richard J. Brentlinger and Mr. Malcolm L. Miller, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant failed to comply with the assured-clear-distanee-ahead provision of Section 4511.21, Revised Code. An emergency caused by tire failure cannot serve as a legal excuse for such noncomplianee. The trial court was in error in charging the jury on sudden emergency. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed. Stump v. Phillians, 2 Ohio St. 2d 209; Bird v. Hart, 2 Ohio St. 2d 9; Spalding v. Waxler, 2 Ohio St. 2d 1. See Kehrer v. McKittrick, 176 Ohio St. 192.
Judgment reversed.
Taft, C. J., Matthias, O 'Neill, Herbert, Schneider and Brown, JJ., concur.