Legal Opinion
National City Lines, Inc. v. Hurst
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided September 11, 1969No. 368A41PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHoffman, J.
The central issue presented by this appeal is whether the doctrine of “last .clear chance” relative to the facts of this case was properly presented to the jury.
The facts most favorable to the appellee are as follows:
In the late afternoon of June 24, 1963, appellee’s deceased husband walked from a bar to the nearby intersection of Meade and Linden Streets in South Bend, Indiana, to await the last bus to Mishawaka, Indiana.
The decedent was heavily intoxicated at the time and, according to several witnesses, was “staggering” and “wobbly.” Tests made by the State Police laboratory established…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co v. CrolyIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- STALLINGS v. DickIndiana Court of Appeals · 1965
- Ewing v. BiddleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1966
- LEE, ETC. v. DickersonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1961
- Lewis v. MacKleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1951
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3Cited by15 opinions
- McKeown v. CalusaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1977
- Freeman v. Commonwealth Life Ins. Co. of LouisvilleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1971
- Smith v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad CompanyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974
- Charles Roggow v. Mineral Processing Corp., Needmore Processing DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Jones v. HernandezIndiana Court of Appeals · 1970
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