24 So. 2d 688 - Bendish v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “"Nevertheless, we are of opinion that Roberts was negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout and in driving too fast. He says he did not see the Bendish car until too late, but he should have seen it sooner and he must be held to have seen that which he could have seen. The great preponderance of the evidence is to the effect that the Bendish car entered the roadway when he was at least eighty feet away, consequently, if he had been looking ahead of him instead of over his left shoulder, he would have seen it obstructing his path and, if his speed was not immoderate he would have been able to stop in time to avoid the accident. We believe his negligence contributed to the accident."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 83 So. 2d 575 - Payton v. Great American Indemnity Co.