Tustin v. Hawes

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 205
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 388

Syllabus

<p>Negligence■ — Collision between bicycle and automobile — Contributory negligence — Case for jury.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in a collision between a bicycle and an automobile, tbe question of the defendant’s negligence and tbe plaintiff’s contributory negligence is for the jury;, where tbe evidence tended to show that at tbe time of tbe accident plaintiff while riding a bicycle approached a cross-street; that when within five feet from the bouse line be saw defendant’s automobile approaching on tbe cross-street at a distance variously estimated of from one hundred to one hundred and seventy feet; that be turned to go in tbe same direction as the automobile; that when be got onto tbe cross-street bis bicycle was struck in the rear wheel by tbe automobile; that tbe automobile was going fast; that tbe driver, as be approached tbe crossing instead of slackening bis speed, increased it; and that the driver was intoxicated.</p>