Reich v. Miller

The important question this appeal presents is whether defendant’s alleged violation of the assured-clear-distance rule set out in section 321.285, Codes 1958, 1962, was properly submitted to the jury as a charge of negligence against him by plaintiff, driver of a car which came into the intersection of city streets defendant was approaching from the right. We hold it was error to submit this charge of negligence under the situation presented by the evidence.

This is the second appeal of the case. The first trial resulted in judgment on directed verdict for defendant on the ground of…