Legal Opinion
Abel v. First Security Insurance Company of America
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1956No. 1742PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Defendant appeals from a judgment entered against him in a suit for damages growing out of an automobile collision. The contention is that the trial judge should have found plaintiff guilty of negligence or contributory negligence “as a matter of fact and of law.”
Essentially this case falls into the same mold as many other intersectional collision cases which we have had occasion to review in the past. In almost every instance we have held as we did in Shu v. Basinger, D.C.Mun.App., 57 A.2d 295, that: “Automobile collisions at street intersections nearly always present…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Peigh v. Baltimore & O. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Shu v. BasingerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- Lewis v. ShiffersDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Grant v. WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1953
- Dohoney v. Imperial Ins. Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Bauman v. SragowDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Leiken v. WilsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Mahnke v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
- Tan Top Cab Company v. ShillerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
- Sibert-Dean v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
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