Hammel v. Rife

Facts of Case

This appeal follows a defense verdict in a personal injury action arising out of a motorcycle-truck collision on one of Seattle's main arterial streets.

The motorcyclist was northbound on the arterial and the truck, which had been proceeding southbound, made a left turn across three northbound lanes into a driveway and was struck by the motorcycle before the truck cleared the northbound lanes. The motorcyclist as plaintiff sued the truck driver. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. A special verdict to the jury asked the question, "Was the defendant negligent?", and to…