Sech v. Rogers

The first issue presented is whether the trial court’s instruction to the jury, on the right of way, was erroneous. Appellant claims that the trial court’s amended instruction to the jury, on the right of way, is an incorrect statement of the law because the definitions given of roadway and highway erroneously included the paved portion thereof, to the right of the white line. For the reasons set forth below, we disagree.

A jury instruction must be considered in its entirety and, ordinarily, reversible error does not consist of misstatements or ambiguity in a part of the instruction. Snyder v.…