Meyer ex rel. Meyer v. Lanning

TURNAGE, Judge.

This suit arose out of an intersection collision between a motorcycle driven by Paul Meyer and an automobile operated by Susan Lanning. The jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant Lanning, but the court sustained Meyer’s motion for new trial on the ground that the contributory negligence instruction which submitted excessive speed on the part of Meyer was not supported by the evidence.

On this appeal Lanning contends the excessive speed submission was supported by the evidence and was properly given. Reversed.

Just after 6:00 P.M. on March 8, 1978, Lanning was operating her…