Young v. Clark, 814 P.2d 364 (Colo. 1991). Facts: Plaintiff and Defendant were traveling through a construction zone when a third party driver swerved in front of Plaintiff, forcing Plaintiff to suddenly slow his speed. Defendant, who was about to change lanes and was looking over her shoulder, did not have enough time to stop her car and her car collided with Plaintiff's car. The trial judge gave the jury instructions on the sudden emergency doctrine and the jury ruled for Defendant. The issue facing the appellate court was whether the trial court erred in giving sudden emergency doctrine instructions to the jury in the case. The court held that the trial court did not err in giving these instructions. The court reasoned that the evidence showed that Defendantwas not following too closely behind Plaintiff and Defendant was not speeding. The actions of the unknown driver caused Plaintiff to suddenly apply brakes and the court believed that the actions of the unknown driver make the instruction of sudden emergency doctrine to the jury valid.
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