Legal Opinion

Wootten v. Kiger

Supreme Court of Delaware

Decided January 19, 1967PublishedCited by 126 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HERRMANN, Justice:

This appeal involves the duty of a motorist to keep a proper lookout for other automobiles at an intersection at which he has the right of way.

Since the Superior Court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant, we view the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff:

The automobiles of the plaintiff and the defendant were involved in a right-angle collision in the center of the intersection of 18th Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Wilmington. The intersection was uncontrolled ; the streets were ordinary city thoroughfares. The plaintiff was operating her…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Peters v. ShearSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
  2. Ernest A. DiSabatino & Ernest DiSabatino & Sons, Inc. v. EllisSupreme Court of Delaware · 1962
  3. Jewell v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanySupreme Court of Delaware · 1962
  4. Willis v. SchlagenhaufSuperior Court of Delaware · 1936
  5. Favino v. MyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949

3Cited by126 opinions

  1. Brzoska v. OlsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 1995
  2. Storey v. CastnerSupreme Court of Delaware · 1973
  3. Bullock v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
  4. Woods v. Prices Corner Shopping Center Merchants Ass'nSuperior Court of Delaware · 1988
  5. E. K. Geyser Co. v. Blue Rock Shopping Center, Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1967

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