WATTS v. SMITH

No. 3971-3973.

226 A.2d 160 (1967)

William Lloyd WATTS, Appellant, v. Betty Jean SMITH and Alan Brenner, Appellees. William Lloyd WATTS, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee. William Lloyd WATTS, Appellant, v. Nathaniel L. JOHNSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Grimaldi, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Samuel Intrater, Washington, D. C., with whom Albert Brick, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees Smith and Brenner.

George H. Eggers, Silver Spring, Md., for appellee Government Emp. Ins. Co.

Hayden C. Johnson and Charles S. Brown, Washington, D. C., for appellee Johnson.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


MYERS, Associate Judge:

These appeals lie from judgments upon jury verdicts in favor of plaintiffs below (appellees here) for personal injuries and property damage arising from a three-car collision which they contend was due solely to appellant's negligence in the operation and control of his automobile. In his answer appellant alleged that the accident was unavoidable, but from the record and argument of counsel it is clear that he based his defense not upon an...

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