Legal Opinion

Schear v. Ludwig

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided May 15, 1944No. 8427PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment upon a verdict for the defendants in an action for personal injuries. The defendants’ automobile collided with the plaintiff, a pedestrian, at a crosswalk. Plaintiff was a woman about seventy years of age. There, was ample evidence of negligence and con-*21tributary negligence. The court instructed the jury to find for the defendant if they found that both plaintiff and the defendant driver were negligent and that the negligence of each was a cause of the accident. The plaintiff requested, and the court refused, an instruction to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ross v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
  2. Jackson v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
  3. Boronkay v. Robinson & CarpenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
  4. Stewart v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Peigh v. Baltimore & O. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
  2. Lucille M. Rankin, Administratrix on the Estate of Ronald Rankin, Deceased v. Shayne Brothers, Inc., Billy F. Rankin v. Shayne Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  3. Hocheisen v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
  4. Capital Transit Co. v. GrimesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
  5. Peigh v. Baltimore & O. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953

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