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McKEE BY McKEE v. Evans

Citations

  • 551 A.2d 260
  • 380 Pa. Super. 120
  • 1988 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3663

How courts have described this case

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  • defendant driver's testimony that he was \probably\ intoxicated and \probably\ above the blood alcohol limit properly admitted
  • defendant driver’s testimony that he was “probably” intoxicated and “probably” above the blood alcohol limit properly admitted
  • “One invoking the defense of sudden emergency cannot be responsible for creating that very peril.... Thus, one driving carelessly or recklessly cannot avail himself of the rule’s protection, since, normally, the peril would not have arisen in the first instance.”

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Judges: Brosky, Wieand, McEwen, Olszewski, Beck, Tamilia, Kelly, Popovich, Johnson

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