# Kohler v. Ford Motor Company

> Nebraska Supreme Court · November 12, 1971 · 187 Neb. 428

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9671198

## Case

- **Full name:** Janet J. Kohler, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Ford Motor Company, a Corporation, Appellant and Cross-Appellee
- **Court:** Nebraska Supreme Court
- **Decided:** November 12, 1971
- **Citations:** 187 Neb. 428; 191 N.W.2d 601; 1971 Neb. LEXIS 642
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Newton
- **Judges:** White, Spencer, Boslaugh, Smith, McCown, Newton, Clinton, JJ'
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Newton, J.,
dissenting.
The evidence shows that the automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger was being operated at a speed of 50' to 55 miles per hour. It is not contended that the brakes were defective, yet the vehicle traveled over 385 feet from the time it first left the paved portion of the highway until it upset. It could readily have been stopped within that distance. Even if we accept all of plaintiff’s contentions, it is apparent that the sole proximate cause of the accident was the failure of the driver to apply the brakes and stop.

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