Legal Opinion

Watkins v. Ebach

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided April 23, 1980No. 12653PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff following a three-car collision. We affirm.

While on her way to work on the evening of January 30, 1976, plaintiff stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Monroe Avenue and Wells Street (Highway 34) in Pierre. As appellant, who had approached on Monroe Avenue on the opposite side of the highway, attempted to cross the highway her car was struck by respondent Ebach’s pickup truck, which was westbound on Highway 34, and sent careening into plaintiff’s automobile. A jury returned a verdict…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. LiepeltSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Brodie v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  4. Alberts v. Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Edward J. Russell v. City of WildwoodCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Black v. GardnerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Carpenter v. City of Belle FourcheSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Howard v. SanbornSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Flagtwet v. SmithSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Adkins v. FosterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1992

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