Legal Opinion
Ellefsen v. Wilt
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1950No. 31218PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
A five-year-old child dashed onto a highway in front of a rapidly moving áutomobile. The motorist applied his brakes and swerved, but the child was hit and killed. The legal speed limit at that time and place was fifty miles an hour.
The parents brought this action for damages, alleging negligence in that the motorist was traveling at a speed in excess of fifty miles an hour and was operating his car in such manner as to be unable to control it under the circumstances then and there existing. They appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered after a verdict for the defendant motorist.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Sellman v. HessWashington Supreme Court · 1942
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- Gibson v. California Spray-Chemical Corp.Washington Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Cheesman v. SathreWashington Supreme Court · 1954
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- National Bank of Commerce v. Lutheran BrotherhoodWashington Supreme Court · 1952
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