Bostwick v. Logsdon

This is an automobile accident case. The defendant driver made a left turn at an intersection and collided with the plaintiff approaching from the opposite direction. The jury returned a verdict for the defendants.

Plaintiff urges that the defendant driver was negligent as a matter of law in failing to keep a proper lookout. The testimony most favorable to the plaintiff is that the defendant driver looked ahead, saw cars, including plaintiff’s, and believed he had time to make the turn and clear the intersection; he made his turn, did not keep looking at the plaintiff, but looked generally in…