Legal Opinion
Borger v. Conner
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1965No. 3632PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge:
Appellees, husband and wife, sued for damages resulting from injuries received by the husband when his automobile was struck by an automobile driven by one of the appellants. From a judgment in their favor this appeal has been brought. (Appellee husband will be hereafter referred to as the appellee.)
The first claim of error is that the trial court should have ruled as a matter of law that appellee was guilty of contributory negligence. On numerous occasions we have ruled that the question of negligence and contributory negligence in automobile collision cases is generally…
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