Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Anderson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 24, 1959No. 2282PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVER, Chief Judge.
Appellants sued appellee for damages to their automobile as the result of a collision between their car, driven by appellant Harold J. Griffin, and one operated by appel-lee. At the time of the accident both cars were proceeding in the same direction on the Memorial Bridge on their way to Virginia. The trial court found in favor of appellee, holding that the operator of appellants’ car was guilty of contributory negligence and that the doctrine of last clear chance did not apply.
Counsel for appellants takes issue with both findings in his appeal. We do not feel that it is…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dean v. Century Motors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Capital Transit Co. v. GrimesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Johnson v. Yellow Cab Co. of DCDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
- Jenkins v. YoungDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1957
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