Tilghman v. Johnson

This appeal comes from a directed verdict for defendant at the end of plaintiff’s case in a suit for damages arising from an automobile collision. Appellant argues that the grant of the motion was improper because appellant was not, as the court held, contributorily negligent as a matter of law. We agree and reverse.

There was testimony submitted in the plaintiff’s case that on April 18, 1982, at 9:15 a.m., appellant, Vernice Tilghman, was driving her car northbound on 13th Street, N.E. when, after proceeding at twenty miles per hour in her lane through a green light, she struck the right rear…