Rhoades v. DeRosier

The plaintiff James Rhoades, the preceding driver, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict for the defendant following driver, Clifford DeRosier, in an action for damages sustained in a rear end collision. We hold that the question of the defendant’s negligence and the issue of the plaintiffs contributory negligence were properly submitted to the jury and affirm the judgment.

On December 16, 1972, plaintiff Rhoades was driving north on Highway 99 in Snohomish County. Defendant DeRosier was following four or five car lengths behind in the same lane of traffic. As the two vehicles…