Luck v. Gregory

There was no error in the instructions given by the trial judge in stating- that there was no relaxation of the rule of care required of a driver when, through his own negligence, he met with an emergency. In the instant ease, there was a question as to whether defendant was forecd into the ditch on the right side of the road or drove into it through his own carelessness. As a result, the rear hind wheel of the car ran into the ditch on the right side of the road. Defendant claims that he did not stop his car because he feared that the wheel might sink into the soft earth. The rate at which…