Keiffer v. Strbac

WELCH, Justice.

Plaintiff’s action stems from an automobile accident occurring on the Turner Turnpike at an overpass, while she was riding as a guest passenger with the defendant.

The plaintiff contends that the evidence did not raise the issues of unavoidable casualty or sudden emergency which were pleaded as defenses, and that it was reversible error for trial court to instruct the jury on these issues.

The record reveals that defendant had been driving from California, having left there on the afternoon of December 25, 1954, prior to the accident which occurred on December 29th; that prior to…