Kruta v. Gibbon’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““It is an elemental rule of the road that a motorist driving at a reasonable rate of speed who first enters upon a one-way bridge or roadway, enjoys a right of preemption over other motorists desiring at the time to use the bridge or roadway. It follows, as a corrollary, that if the right of preemption is interfered with by another in such manner as to cause damage to the preemptor, the offending one may be held responsible therefor.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cardinal v. Kraft Foods Co.