Blackford v. Taggart

OPINION

SHORTELL, Judge.

This case arises out of a simple rear end collision which took place on a wet, dark December evening in Fairbanks. Robert Blackford, an attorney and plaintiff below, had stopped his car on the westbound side of Farewell Street, in front of a child care center, just before he was hit from behind by a car driven by Wayne Taggart. Tag-gart had been driving about 20 m.p.h., three to four car lengths behind Blackford’s car, and slowed to about 5 m.p.h. before hitting Blackford’s car. Visibility was poor and the street was slick. Traffic on the westbound side of the street…