COX v. POLSTER

No. 37498.

174 Ohio St. 224 (1963)

COX, APPELLEE, v. POLSTER, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided February 20, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Waterman, Jaffy, Van Heyde & Taylor and Mr. James E. Buchan, for appellee.

Messrs. Dresbach, Crabbe, Newlon & Bilger and Mr. Charles E. Brown, for appellant.


MATTHIAS, J.

The single issue presented in this case is whether, where three motor vehicles are proceeding in the same direction in the same lane of traffic, the sudden stopping of the first car, causing the car immediately following it to swerve so as to pass it on the right, creates a sudden emergency which will relieve the operator of the third car from compliance with the assured-clear-distance-ahead statute in relation to the first car.

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