Rabinovitz v. Kilner

The suit below was by the appellant, the favored driver under the right of way statute, to recover damages resulting from a collision between his truck and that of the appellee at an intersection where there was neither a traffic light nor traffic warning signs. The jury found for the defendant, the appellee here. The appellant claims that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury. The charge presented, in the generalities customary in these cases, the elements of proximate cause, burden of proof, negligence and contributory negligence, and damage. As the meat of the charge, there was…