Durnford v. Worden

Plaintiff brought .an action for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident between vehicles driven by plaintiff and defendant. Hpon trial the jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial which was granted by the trial court. Defendant has appealed from the order granting a new trial.

The two vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on a graveled county road. They met on a sharp, steep, blind curve. It was an inside right-hand downhill curve for plaintiff and an outside, left-hand, uphill curve for defendant. There were three tire tracks…