Merey

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment wherein the minor plaintiff, Maria E. Merey (hereinafter referred to as Maria), was awarded damages in the sum of $18,500, and Imre G. Merey (hereinafter referred to as “father”) was awarded damages in the sum of $4,236.16.

A résumé of the facts is as follows: The collision occurred at approximately 8 :42 a.m., on December 5, 1956, in the east-west crosswalk paralleling the northerly curb of Adams Boulevard at the intersection of South Broadway and Adams Boulevard in the city of Los Angeles. At the intersection in question, Broadway is 60 feet wide and Adams Boulevard is 52 feet wide. The intersection had traffic control trilights in operation, the time interval being 27 seconds for “go” or green, three seconds for yellow or “caution” and 30 seconds for red or “stop.” There were marked crosswalks, each of which was 17 feet wide.

Maria, at the time of the collision, was an 18-year-old high school girl, and was on her way to school. She had been a passenger on a bus northbound on South Broadway, and had alighted at the bus stop located south of the southeast corner of the intersection. She had walked northerly to the intersection where…