Shortridge v. Rice

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

This ease involves a collision between two automobiles at a Prestonsburg, Kentucky, intersection. The drivers, Barbara Shortridge and Morris Rice, both claim to have had a green light as they approached the intersection from opposite directions. The collision occurred when Shortridge attempted to make a left turn across Rice’s path at the intersection.

Both Shortridge and Christy Thorpe, a witness to the accident, testified that on January 11, 1993, at about 9:00 p.m., Rice entered the intersection driving, without lights, at an excessive rate of speed. While Rice admits that…