Edwards v. Walker

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from a suit for personal injuries that arose out of a rear-end collision which occurred on Highway 95, approximately 2.1 miles south of Payette, Idaho, at 3:00 p. m. on December 10, 1969. The sole issue on this appeal is whether the district court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the doctrine of last clear chance. Mrs. Edwards, one of plaintiffs-appellants (hereafter, the plaintiff), was driving a 1962 Pontiac with her adult daughter and three small grandchildren as passengers. Mr. Walker, the defendant-respondent (hereafter, the defendant),…