Kossuth v. Bear

This appeal comes to this court on questions of law from a judgment entered for plaintiff in the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County. The action is one in negligence.

On May 30, 1948, the plaintiff was a passenger in a westbound automobile on Lake Road in Avon Lake, Lorain County. The driver pulled into the middle traffic lane and stopped behind the automobile driven by the defendant, both drivers intending to make a left turn into an outdoor moving picture theater located on the south side of the road. Lake Road at this point is a three-lane highway.

After some eastbound traffic had passed,…