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← 48 Wash. 2d 440 - Cauble v. Dahl

48 Wash. 2d 440 - Cauble v. Dahl’s Empirical Analysis

1956

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 1975
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Vercruysse v. Cascade Laundry Co.

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “Because of the conflicting testimony relative to the question of visibility and the conflicting testimony relative to appellant Dahl’s speed, we cannot say as a matter of law that respondent Cauble failed to make allowance for a sufficient margin of safety in entering and proceeding across the intersection. In other words, under the facts, the question of contributory negligence on the part of the respondent [disfavored driver] was a proper one for the jury.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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