Gephart v. Stout

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when a motorcycle with a sidecar attachment, which he was driving, collided with an automobile owned and operated by the defendant. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant made timely motions for directed verdict, for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and for a new trial, all of which the trial court denied. The defendant appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The collision occurred on September 6, 1939, within the right-angle intersection of east-west arterial Third avenue and…