Sherer v. Smith

This court held, in effect, in the recent case of Erdman v. Mestrovich, 155 Ohio St., 85, 97 N. E. (2d), 674, that the assured-clear-distance-ahead rule has no application in a situation where a person, motor vehicle or object suddenly enters the path of another motor vehicle from the side, unless such person, motor vehicle or object comes into the view of the operator of the other motor vehicle at a point sufficiently distant ahead to enable such operator, in the exercise of ordinary care, to stop his vehicle and avoid a collision.

Applying such holding to the instant case wherein plaintiff…