Johnson v. Dortch

The correlative rights and duties of motorists under Maryland’s Boulevard Rule * . 1 are again before us, this time in the startling context of the favored driver’s alleged

— intoxication

— excessive speed

— driving at night without headlights, and

— operating on the wrong side of the road.

The accident occurred in Baltimore City at a “T” intersection when the unfavored driver was negotiating a right-hand turn. Essentially because the unfavored driver failed to see the favored driver — where the evidence led the trial court to find that had he looked, he would have seen — the Court held the…