Legal Opinion

Faison v. A. P. Woodson Co.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided July 31, 1964No. 3500Published

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This was a suit by appellant for injuries sustained when their ambulance, on an emergency run, collided with a truck operated by appellee Datcher and owned by ap-pellee Woodson. On appeal the principal contentions are that the evidence failed to support an instruction on contributory negligence and that an instruction on both contributory negligence and unavoidable accident was inconsistent.

The statement of proceedings and evidence signed by the trial judge and approved by counsel recites in part:

“At the conclusion of all the evidence counsel for plaintiffs submitted no…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sowder v. NolanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  2. Webster v. PerperDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
  3. Bradley v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962

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