Pozsgai v. Porter

Plaintiff, a passenger in a motor vehicle, brought an action for damages for injuries occasioned by a collision between that vehicle and one operated by defendant. Prom a judgment entered on a jury verdict for defendant, plaintiff appealed.

Defendant was operating his vehicle in an easterly direction on Jennings Avenue in Clackamas County and stopped at its intersection with Oatfield Road. After stopping, defendant drove into the intersection at the speed of about five miles per hour and turned to the left in a northerly direction on Oatfield Road. While so doing, he claimed that his steering…