Hoffecker v. Jenkins’s Empirical Analysis
151 F.2d 951 · 1945
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
October 1954
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Maryland v. Coard · Bratcher v. United States · Yellow Cab Corp. v. Henderson · Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Vellines · South Hill Motor Co. v. Gordon
Most-quoted passages
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““There was evidence offered in the instant case that would justify the jury in reaching the conclusion that the driver of the automobile which struck the plaintiffs could, with the use of ordinary care, have seen the plaintiffs in time.to have avoided striking them either by stopping his car, if he were not driving too fast, or by going around them, the road being a very wide one. It was a question of fact for the jury. We are of the opinion that the judge was right in letting the case go to the jury on the doctrine of the last clear chance.” [Italics supplied.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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