Bliss v. Kaplan

Plaintiff’s action to recover damages for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle collision resulted in a jury verdict of no cause of action. Plaintiff appeals, claiming the court erred in submitting the defense of contributory negligence; in failing to restrict the testimony of State police officers who investigated the accident; by instructing in regard to the assured-clear-distance rule, and by rulings that unduly restricted and prejudiced plaintiff’s case.

December 4, 1957, at approximately 8 p. m., plaintiff was driving his automobile in a westerly direction on M-57 (a 2-lane, 28-foot-wide…