Court Opinion

ID: 9561246
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:05:53.599174+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:41.969627
License: Public Domain

THOMAS, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result of this case. It does seem to me that subsection (b) of City of Casper Ordinance 18-81 may intend a more passive role than that contemplated by subsection (a) of that ordinance. I agree with the majority opinion that Huber was not an operator of a vehicle at the time of the accident in question. I am not so sure that Huber was not a driver of a vehicle when it became involved in the collision.
Nevertheless I would resolve the case in the same way because it is my opinion that the evidence before the court demonstrated that Huber, Hedges and Ward, singularly or collectively, had in fact given notice of the accident to the Casper Police Department, provided Huber’s name and address, and advised of the location of the accident. The contrary testimony is at best equivocal, and the circumstances certainly indicate that somehow or other a response was made to the occurrence of this accident. Consequently, the evidence would not justify a conclusion of failure to report an accident beyond a reasonable doubt.