Legal Opinion

Sommervold v. Grevlos

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided June 8, 1994No. 18145, 18146 and 18159PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GORS, Circuit Judge.

Jon Sommervold (Sommervold) and Dave Grevlos (Grevlos) each appeal from adverse judgments entered after a jury awarded each of them nothing on their claims against each other for negligence. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 16, 1986, some time between 9:50 p.m. and 10:05 p.m.1, Grevlos2 was riding a bicycle west on Tomar Road in Sioux Falls. Sommervold3 was riding a bicycle east on Tomar Road. Sommervold and Grevlos collided at the bottom of two steep4 grades where Tomar Road curves slightly just west of Cliff Avenue. The cyclists’ speeds were estimated from 28 to 40 miles per hour.

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2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Stormo v. StrongSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
  2. State v. HollandSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Shamburger v. BehrensSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
  4. State v. MuetzeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  5. State v. Grey OwlSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. Clark v. CantrellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
  2. State v. FarnerTennessee Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Veeder v. KennedySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Bauman v. AuchSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. MattsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2005

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