Mathews

In this personal injury action for damages plaintiff, Jennifer Lyn Mathews, appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after the granting of a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of the defendant State of California.

In sum, plaintiff alleges in her complaint that Brundage Lane and “P” Street are public streets which intersect in the City of Bakersfield, Brundage running in a generally east and west direction and “P” Street running in a generally north and south direction; that at about 3:15 p.m. on August 11, 1976, plaintiff received personal injuries as a result of a collision in the intersection between an automobile being driven by her in a westerly direction on Brundage and an automobile being negligently driven in a northerly direction on “P” Street by one Marvin Lee Parra. It is further alleged that the electric traffic signal lights at the intersection were under the control, supervision and maintenance of defendant (respondent) State of California which had a duty to keep them in working order. Plaintiff continues with allegations that on the morning of the day of the accident the respondent was informed several times “that the aforesaid traffic…