Dahl v. Ellis

The first issue presented on this appeal is what duty, if any, this pedestrian, walking on a highway in the left-hand lane, had of lookout to his rear.

Appellant contends that a pedestrian walking in the left-hand side of the road as sanctioned by statute has no duty to maintain a lookout to the rear.

In Mewhorter v. Integrity Mut. Casualty Co.1 our court discussed the specific problem, pertinent here, of *445whether a pedestrian on a highway in his proper lane owes a duty of lookout to the rear. The court said that failure to maintain such a lookout was not negligence as a matter of law. On the…