Haffke Ex Rel. Haffke v. Grinnell

This case arose out of a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $22,500. The trial court sustained the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and dismissed the action. The plaintiff appeals.

The accident happened at about 5 p.m., on May 20, 1969, at the intersection of Forty-seventh and Lafayette Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Forty-seventh Street at that point is a part of the Northwest Radial. Highway and runs generally- north and south. The 3 southbound lanes are separated from the northbound lanes-…