Lewis v. Certified Oil Co.

The critical issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict in favor of appellee. Appellants contend, in essence, that the trial court committed *279reversible error because the question of whether the tractor trailer is a “reasonably discernible object,” for R. C. 4511.21 purposes, is a factual issue that is more appropriately resolved by a jury and not by the court through a directed verdict.

The seminal case on the assured-clear-distance-ahead rule is McFadden v. Elmer C. Breuer Transportation Co. (1952), 156 Ohio St. 430, in which this court ruled that a driver has…