Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Washington v. a & H Garcias Trash Hauling Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 16, 1990No. 87-886Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partSchwelb, Associate Judge
Assessment of a collision between a motor vehicle and a bicycle can depend on one’s perspective. To someone who perhaps used to ride a bike to school and still owns such a contraption, but who tends in middle age to rely most often on the marvels of the internal combustion engine, it may well appear that a cyclist pedalling away on a busy downtown street is intrinsically a nuisance and probably negligent just because he is there. The guy on the bike who is proceeding south on 19th Street at its intersection with M Street, N.W. with his motorized fellow-travellers on every side of him may, on…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Rich v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Max Slatton, Jr., Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Martin K. Eby Construction Co., Inc., D/B/A Eby and Associates of Arkansas, Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Bauman v. SragowDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
- Shu v. BasingerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
- District of Columbia v. BethelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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