Court Opinion

ID: 9883513
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 01:44:34.716009+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:18.116354
License: Public Domain

Bobbitt, J.,
concurring in result: As I understand it, the Court holds no instruction as to sudden emergency should have been given because defendants’ evidence discloses as a matter of law that their negligence was a proximate cause of the sudden emergency. If this be true, plaintiff would be entitled to a peremptory instruction in his favor on the negligence issue. In my opinion, whether defendants’ negligence was a proximate cause of the sudden emergency should be submitted to and determined by the jury. In this respect, I dissent from the views expressed in the Court’s opinion.
Since I am of the opinion the instructions given as to sudden emergency did not sufficiently apply the law to the facts in evidence, I vote for a new trial on that ground.
Shaep, J., and Rodman, E.J., join in concurring opinion.