BROPHY v. WESCHLER

No. 1662.

36 F.Supp. 635 (1941)

BROPHY v. WESCHLER.

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

January 15, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester Wood, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Paul J. Sedgwick, of Washington, D. C., for defendant.


PINE, Associate Justice.

Defendant has moved for a new trial. The principal point is whether the court erred in giving an instruction on the last clear chance doctrine — not whether it was correctly given but whether the evidence justified it.

The action is for damages growing out of a collision between two automobiles. The collision occurred at 8:45 A. M., November 9, 1938. The streets were dry and the weather was clear. It occurred at the intersection...

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