Nelson v. Molina

We are here concerned with an automobile collision that occurred shortly after a right turn made onto an arterial highway.

The principal question presented is whether the trial court, under the facts in this case, should have applied, as a matter of law, the rules applicable to intersection collisions (RCW 46.60.170) and thus should have held the disfavored driver to have been contributorily negligent. The trial court’s answer, properly given, we think, was no.

The undisputed facts are: Primary state highway No. 5 M (also referred to as the East Valley highway) is an ar terial; the cement…