SADORUS v. WOOD

No. 4016.

230 A.2d 478 (1967)

L. Wade SADORUS, Appellant, v. William M. WOOD, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. T. Marsh, Washington, D. C., with whom Donald B. Robertson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

William J. Donnelly, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Richard W. Galiher, William E. Stewart, Jr., and William H. Clarke, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, MYERS, Associate Judge, and QUINN (Associate Judge, Retired).


MYERS, Associate Judge:

This appeal stems from a judgment upon a jury verdict in favor of appellee denying appellant damages sustained in a collision involving their vehicles. Appellant contends that the submission of the case to the jury under an instruction applying the rule of unavoidable accident was improper and to his prejudice.

The uncontradicted evidence shows that while appellant was stopped at the T-shaped intersection of 30th and K Streets, N. W...

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