Fauzer v. Philadelphia Gas Works
Fauzer v. Philadelphia Gas Works
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a compulsory non-suit granted against the plaintiff Wayne Francis Fauzer in an automobile accident case heard without a jury.
The plaintiff was operating his automobile on Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia on November 21, 1974 on a wet road. He saw the defendant’s vehicle, a large gas truck, about 150 feet away to his left in a private driveway on the property
The then applicable Vehicle Code defining the duties required of an operator entering a highway from a private road or drive provided in § 1014(a): “The driver of a vehicle entering a highway from a private road or drive shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approaching on such highway.”
Reversed.
. Plaintiff Sharon Hajduk’s case was disposed of prior to appeal.
. Substantially re-enacted in the Vehicle Code, 1976, June 17, P.L. 162, Act No. 81, 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3324 effective July 1, 1977.
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