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Columbus v. Garrett

Citations

  • 93 Ohio St. 3d 1249

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • tractor driver violated statute requiring amber lights, but whether violation was breach of ordinary care was question for jury
  • tractor driver violated statute requiring amber lights, but whether violation was breach of ordinary care was question for jury
  • “breach of a statutory duty is not negligence in and of itself, but rather is evidence of negligence”
  • “Breach is the failure to exercise ordinary care . . . also called ‘negligence.’ ”
  • listing the common law elements of negligence
  • listing the common law elements of negligence

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Judges: Pfeifer, Resnick, Sweeney

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