Schmelzer v. Farrar

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County overruling plaintiff’s motions for a new trial and a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The record indicates that plaintiff, the appellant, was stopped on Route 33 while preparing to turn left into West Fifth Avenue, Columbus, Ohio. He had been driving his automobile south in the left travel lane; whereupon, he was struck in the rear by defendant Farrar (hereinafter called Farrar). Appellee Secrest (hereinafter called Se-crest) was travelling south on Route 33 and collided with the rear of Farrar’s…