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This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries which were sustained in an automobile accident. The matter was tried before the court without a jury. Liability on the part of both defendants was admitted, and by stipulation the issues were limited to the nature and extent of the injuries, if any, and the amount of damages to be awarded.

On March 4, 1959, at about 7 :30 a. m., a collision occurred at a street intersection in Pasadena between the automobile driven by plaintiff and the automobile operated by defendant Busby and owned by defendant Tanaka. Plaintiff’s automo bile was struck on the left side at the driver’s door. When asked on direct examination what occurred at the time of the collision, plaintiff replied, “Well, when I woke up, I was laying with my head on the seat to the right, .with a dent in the door where my head hit it and pitched me over. ’ ’ Plaintiff testified that after the accident he had pain in his head, neck and back. He indicated that the pain in his back was right above the belt line in the center. Plaintiff testified that he had never had any trouble with his back prior to this accident, and this was supported by his wife’s testimony that…