Johnson v. Slusher

Douglas D. Johnson filed a motion for judgment against Graham Marvin Slusher for damages resulting from injuries he received when the vehicles they were operating collided head on. A jury returned a verdict in favor of Johnson for $13,000. The trial court sustained Slusher’s motion to set aside the verdict, ruling that a skid mark proved Johnson to be guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Final judgment was entered for Slusher, and we granted Johnson a writ of error.

The accident occurred on May 3, 1968, at about 8:15 a.m. on Route 796 in Augusta County. Johnson’s Ford van was…