Kinney v. Bissell

The plaintiff brought this action for personal injuries sustained in an automobile rear-end collision. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict of five thousand dollars for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.

At about ten o’clock a. m., on August 31, 1956, the respondent was driving north on Vashon Island on her way to the Seattle ferry, which was scheduled to leave at 10:45 a. m. Appellant driver was following the respondent and was also en route to the ferry, which was only three miles away.

At the point of the collision, the highway was two-lane concrete, sixteen feet wide,…