Opinion

Childs v. Radzevich

  • 139 F.2d 374
  • 78 U.S. App. D.C. 235
  • 1943 U.S. App. LEXIS 2291
Court
District Court, District of Columbia
Filed
Dec 6, 1943
Status
Published
Author
Arnold
On the bench
Arnold, Groner, Miller
Cited by
5 cases

The opinion

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

I concur but I do not think that the majority opinion sufficiently brings out the capricious and arbitrary character of the ruling of the court below directing a verdict for the defendant. Defendant was driving forty miles an hour at night, and in the rain. He put on additional speed in crossing another highway in disregard of a stop sign. In the absence of some contradictory testimony or some excuse, such conduct constitutes gross negligence. I cannot agree with the majority opinion in so far as it intimates that any other conclusion is possible on the evidence before us.

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