Purdue v. Vogelsang

DOWNEY, James C., Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a Final Judgment based upon a directed verdict for the Defendant at the close of Plaintiff’s case. The factual situation presents a classical pedestrian-auto collision involving the application of the Last Clear Chance Doctrine.

At approximately 7:30 P.M., the Plaintiff, Ruby Purdue, together with another woman, had been walking east on the sidewalk on the north side of Oneco Road for some distance. When 'they arrived at the northeast corner of Oneco Road and Collins Drive they turned southeasterly and began crossing Oneco Road from…