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118 Me. 502

Johnson v. Weare

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided February 9, 1920

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1920-02-09

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Decided 1920-02-09

How this case has been cited

Cited by 37 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2017 · most notably 36 Cal. 3d 687 - American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Eu (1984), State Ex Rel. Wilkinson v. Murphy (1939)

4 federal appellate · 31 state decisions — followed in 10 states

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¶1Action to recover damages for personal injuries and injuries to plaintiff’s motorcycle received in a collision with defendant’s automobile. The plaintiff has a verdict, which defendant moves to set aside.

¶2As is usual in such cases, the plaintiff holds to one theory as to the manner in which the collision happened; the defendant, another. Each disclaims negligence on his own part, and imputes it to the other.

¶3Just before the collision the defendant’s automobile was stationary on the driver’s left hand side of the road, ther'e about twenty four feet wide between the car tracks on the westerly side thereof and the sidewalk on the easterly side; the automobile was westerly of the car tracks. The defendant started his automobile diagonally across the car tracks and road towards his right hand side in front of the approaching motorcycle of the plaintiff.

¶4As between the parties, the failure of the one or the other to measure up to the standard of due care in his conduct, under the circumstances, and the credibility of the witnesses as well, were peculiarly questions .for the jury; and upon a careful examination of the evidence the court cannot say that the verdict was manifestly wrong. Motion overruled.

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