Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Johnson
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1989No. 16364PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice.
In this opinion, we affirm a judgment based on a defendant’s jury verdict in an automobile personal injury suit and hold (1) that the trial court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury on the assured clear distance rule, and (2) that statements and argument by defendant’s counsel did not constitute prejudicial error.
FACTS
In December 1984, Harlan Anderson (Anderson) was injured in a two-car accident when the vehicle he was driving was rear-ended by a vehicle operated by Kevin Johnson (Johnson). Anderson stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Union Avenue and…
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