Legal Opinion
Roger MacHanic v. Kate Storey
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 6, 1963No. 17098PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is an automobile accident suit in which a directed verdict was entered for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s case. The plaintiff has appealed, contending that he presented sufficient evidence to take his case to the jury and that the District Court erroneously directed a verdict.
The plaintiff’s evidence, consisting of testimony by himself and a Pennslyvania State Police Officer, who witnessed the accident from a distance of some 800 feet, may be summarized as follows:
On July 4, 1960, the plaintiff and the defendant were returning to Washington, D.…
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