Bonham v. Baldeschwiler

OPINION

YOUNG, Justice.

In this automobile rear end collision case, Dorothy H. Bonham sued Matthias Baldes-*708chwiler to recover damages for personal injuries she alleged she sustained when the automobile she was driving was struck from the rear by the automobile defendant was driving. At the time of the collision, the plaintiff was stopped near an intersection behind stopped traffic waiting to turn left.

In response to special issues the jury found that defendant failed to maintain an assured clear distance; refused to find that such failure was negligence; found that such failure was a proximate…