Checker Yellow Cab Co. v. Shiflett

The circumstances which precipitated this action are as follows: At about 9:00 a. m. on July 24, 1958, a truck, at a speed of between 5 and 10 miles per hour, was proceeding on its right side of a street, when a cab, traveling in the same direction at a speed somewhere between 20 and 40 miles per hour, attempted to pass it. Before the cab had completed the passing, the truck suddenly turned to the left with the purpose of entering a driveway on the opposite side of the street. The front end of the truck struck the right-side rear door of the cab, which then careened to its left side of the…