Wright v. Welter

McCORMICK, Justice.

A pedestrian appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for a motorist in the pedestrian’s action seeking recovery for injuries sustained when he was hit by the motorist’s automobile while crossing a street in Sioux City. We must reverse and remand because of an erroneous instruction relating to a motorist’s duty to warn a pedestrian by sounding a horn.

Dace Street in Sioux City is an east-west, two-lane street with a marked center line. At approximately 9:00 p. m. on February 22,1977, plaintiff George Wright was walking from north to south across the street toward a…