Green v. Johnson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

Ellsworth A. Green was driving north on North Front Street in Lehighton. He stopped on the east side of that street and looked south, which would be the direction from which other vehicles, if any, would travel in the lane in which he had parked. Seeing no traffic moving north, he opened his door on the driver’s side and stepped out. In that instant he was hit by a car being driven by Ella Jane Johnson, the defendant in this case.

Miss Johnson had been driving south on North Front Street when a car preceding her stopped and double parked. She drove to her left…