6 Ohio St. 2d 115
Decided April 20, 1966
Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1966-04-20
Relies on Spalding v. Waxler · Bird v. Hart · 2 Ohio St. 2d 209 - Stump v. Phillians
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Decided 1966-04-20
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently July 2018
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¶1Defendant failed to comply with the assured-clear-distanee-ahead provision of Section 4511.21, Revised Code. An emergency caused by tire failure cannot serve as a legal excuse for such noncomplianee. The trial court was in error in charging the jury on sudden emergency. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed. Stump v. Phillians, 2 Ohio St. 2d 209; Bird v. Hart, 2 Ohio St. 2d 9; Spalding v. Waxler, 2 Ohio St. 2d 1. See Kehrer v. McKittrick, 176 Ohio St. 192.
¶2Judgment reversed.