Suiter v. Epperson

Sievers, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This opinion addresses the appropriateness of certain jury instructions — specifically, whether it was proper to instruct, in a motor vehicle accident case, that speeding does not forfeit right-of-way and whether it was error for the trial court to decide that one party was negligent, when the issue of comparative negligence was to be submitted to the jury. We also address the issue of negligent entrustment in the context of a used car dealer’s allowing an unlicensed prospective purchaser to take a vehicle for a test drive, when that driver and vehicle are later…