STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 12324.

268 N.W.2d 612 (1978)

Robert EILMES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Bruce OLSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Blackburn, Yankton, for plaintiff and respondent.

James E. Doyle of Doyle, Bierle & Porter, Yankton, for defendant and appellant.


BRAITHWAITE, Circuit Judge.

This case stems from an intersection accident on July 12, 1975, in Mission Hill, South Dakota. The trial court instructed as to negligence, contributory negligence and comparative negligence. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. We affirm.

Defendant acknowledges there was evidence to sustain a jury finding that he was negligent and such negligence was a proximate cause of the collision. His only claim on appeal is that...

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