Legal Opinion
Lopez v. Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1987No. 87AP-36PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
Appellant Robert Lopez was a passenger in a car driven by John M. Gawle, Jr. when an accident occurred. Gawle testified that he was driving down State Route 579, a straight, level, country road at a speed of forty to fifty miles per hour at approximately 2:00 a.m. when a car approaching him veered head-on into his lane causing him to lose control. Gawle admitted to not having had much sleep within the two days prior to the accident and he also admitted to having consumed one and one-half beers in the two hours before the accident.
When he lost control, Gawle swerved to the right, ran off the…
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