47 Wash. 2d 570 - Burwell v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 1974
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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Relies on Haydon v. Bay City Fuel Co.
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“An instruction is erroneous which states that before the duty of the vehicle operator to yield the right of way arises, the operator must either be aware of the presence of a pedestrian in the crosswalk or, if he had been exercising reasonable care in looking out for a pedestrian, he should have become aware of his presence there.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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