Legal Opinion
Montandon v. Colehour
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 11, 1971No. 17224PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BREWSTER, Justice.
This is a damage suit for personal injuries allegedly sustained in a rear-end automobile collision.
The appellee, Colehour, admittedly drove his car at a speed of between 20 and 25 miles an hour into the rear end of a car being operated by appellant, Montandon. At the time of impact Montandon was parked at an intersection waiting for a red traffic light to change. Colehour admitted that as he approached the point of impact he was looking down at his dashboard in an effort to adjust his car radio and that when he looked back up it was too late to prevent his car from…
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