Legal Opinion
Mickle v. Blackmon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 10, 1969No. 18869PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brailsford, Justice.
On May 29, 1962, in the City of Rock Hill, seventeen-year-old Janet Mickle was a passenger in a 1949 Ford automobile, driven by Kenneth Hill. At the intersection of Jones Avenue and Black Street, this vehicle was in collision with an automobile driven by Larry Blackmon.
Janet was impaled on the gearshift lever, which entered her body behind the left armpit, penetrated to her spine, damaged the spinal cord at about breast level and caused complete and permanent paralysis of her body below the point of injury. She sued (1) Larry Blackmon, alleging negligence in the operation…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Irvin v. PadelfordCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
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3Cited by96 opinions
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