eBook details
- Title: Crowley v. Ottken
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 06, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
Description
The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries arising from a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile at an intersection near Lake Shawnee in Shawnee county. The plaintiff, Theresa L. Crowley, was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by Charles Brockman. The defendant, Roylenne K. Ottken, was the driver of the automobile. The case was tried to a jury which brought in a general verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff Crowley has appealed to this court claiming trial errors. The factual circumstances which brought about the collision were not greatly in dispute. The accident occurred on a lake entrance road which begins at a T-intersection with Croco road and runs westerly toward Lake Shawnee. Approximately 500 feet west of Croco road, the lake entrance road forms a Y shaped intersection with two roads which run to the right and left. The posted speed limit in the area is 25 miles per hour. The intersection presented a very dangerous situation because there were no traffic control devices to warn or direct operators of vehicles as they approached the intersection.