Garfinkle v. Birnios

In the trial of this automobile collision case the jury rendered a verdict for the defendant, and the only question raised on appeal is the adequacy of the trial court’s instructions.

The facts are virtually undisputed and may be briefly stated. On September 29, 1960, the appellee was driving north on Georgia Avenue, a two lane highway, at a speed of from twenty to twenty-five miles per hour, behind an automobile driven by Mrs. Garfinkle. She stopped to make a left hand turn at an intersection. He applied his brakes within a distance of a car length and one half away, but his brakes suddenly…