Court Opinion

ID: 9778290
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 20:58:50.431016+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:26.638418
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Dissenting Opinion
STORCKMAN, Judge.
I respectfully dissent on the ground that the plaintiff is guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law in that the plaintiff testified that he speeded up without going into the passing lane and failed to discover that the defendant’s bus had slowed down or stopped until it was too late to avoid striking the bus. The plaintiff’s testimony establishes he did not exercise the highest degree of care for his own safety in the operation of his motor vehicle while undertaking to pass the defendant’s bus. Section 304.016, RSMo 1959, especially subdivision 1(2).
SEILER, J., dissents and concurs in dissenting opinion of Storckman, J.