Gutter v. Frazer

This appeal is from a judgment for the defendant, Yan Sales Company, entered by the Columbus Municipal Court and affirmed by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County.

Basic facts, as presented to the trial court, are essentially undisputed. The plaintiff, Simon Gutter, was driving west on East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, in the lane nearest the center line. The truck of the defendant, Van Sales Company, driven by Ronald Lee Frazer, was proceeding in the same direction in the lane toward the curb, which lane in the area of the accident is sufficiently wide to permit parking next to the…