Court Opinion

ID: 9557809
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 16:58:07.709672+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:14.291201
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Miller, J.,
dissenting: The defendant driver admitted that he had consumed “two or three beers” before the collision occurred. He had alcohol on his breath. He took a bottle from inside his car and secreted it in the trunk shortly after the collision. His only excuse for rear ending the plaintiff vehicle — which was moving in excess of fifty miles an hour at the time — was that he must have fallen asleep.
*393I think the trial court was justified in giving the instruction on driving while under the influence of alcohol.
There is really no bona fide dispute as to causation. I would affirm as to liability and remand for trial on the issue of damages alone.
I respectfully dissent.
McFarland, J., joins in the foregoing dissent.