David v. Black

Willow Road is a four-lane thoroughfare with two lanes heading east and two lanes west. Separating the traffic travelling in opposite directions, there is a concrete mountable median. On May 22, 1977, at 1 a.m. Muriel David (plaintiff) was driving westbound on Willow in the left hand lane. Plaintiff stopped in her lane to wait for oncoming traffic to pass so that she could negotiate a left hand turn into her driveway. The left front tire of her automobile was on the median.

Ronald Black (defendant) also was driving west on Willow Road in the left lane. He was travelling at a speed of…