Keheley v. Uhl

The plaintiff was riding in a city truck full of leaves. Pie sat on top of the leaves with one leg over the side of the truck. As the truck was passing down a city street with parked cars on its right the defendant, in one of these cars, opened his left door. This came in contact with a step on the passing truck and struck the plaintiff’s foot. The defendant’s claims are that he opened his door but a few inches to close it more tightly; that it was not opened enough to clear his running board and that the step of the truck projected enough from the side of the truck to strike it and close it.…