Motley v. Robinette

The plaintiffs, Flora and Samuel Motley, appeal from a judgment of no cause of action entered upon a jury verdict on March 27, 1974, in Oakland County Circuit Court. We reverse.

On January 18, 1970, between 2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m., plaintiff Flora Motley, while proceeding west on M-59 in Oakland County, collided with an automobile driven by one Turpin. Plaintiff testified that she had consumed four alcoholic drinks during the preceding four hours. The plaintiff’s auto and the Turpin auto were immobilized by the collision and blocked the east-bound lane on the two-lane highway.

Shortly after the…