Black v. McKnight

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

The appellant was involved in an automobile accident with the respondent about 12:30 a. m. on March 5, 1970. She sued for damages contending that the respondent struck her car in the rear. However, the facts, although in some dispute, tend to show that appellant suddenly swerved over into defendant’s lane of traffic without signaling her intention to do so or without checking her outside mirror. Therefore, the jury denied her claim.

She now brings this appeal contending that the trial court’s refusal to submit two of her proposed instructions to the jury constituted…