Freudenberger v. Copeland

The fundamental question here raised is whether primary negligence, as a matter of law, will be attributed to a motorist who turns to his left in exiting a street or roadway onto an intersecting street, alley, private road, or driveway and, thereby, is struck by a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.

The automobile collision which gave rise to the present litigation occurred on Sunday morning, November 9, 1969, at 11 a.m. It occurred on U.S. Route #1 one mile south of Laurel, Maryland. At that point, U.S. Route #1 is on a north-south axis. It is four lanes wide, two lanes running…