Legal Opinion · Dissent

Krause v. Ryan

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 28, 1955No. Docket 30, 31, Calendar 46,200, 46,201Published

1DissentDethmers, J.

I do not concur in affirmance. Plaintiff’s failure to “look again” while driving the last 100 feet to the point of impact constituted contributory negligence as a matter of law, under our previous decisions, barring the right to recover. In Holley v. Farley, 289 Mich 676, plaintiff’s driver was travelling on a through highway at 30 miles per hour; when 150 feet from the intersection he looked to his right, but his view was obstructed and he did not look in that direction again until an instant before the collision, although one of his passengers, when they were 80 feet from the center of the…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Arnold v. KrugMichigan Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Kerns v. LewisMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
  3. Breker v. RosemaMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Kerr v. HayesMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Block v. PetersonMichigan Supreme Court · 1938

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