Fowler

The plaintiff, Margaret Fowler, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendants in an action for personal injuries. She urges the following errors on appeal: (1) the verdict is not supported by the evidence; (2) the trial court abused its discretion in sustaining the defendant’s objection to the introduction of certain evidence; (3) the trial court erroneously instructed the jury; (4) defense counsel’s reference to an insurance company constituted prejudicial error.

On the morning of April 26, 1955, at about 10 :55 a. m., the plaintiff, a 37-year-old woman, was a pedestrian waiting for a bus near the intersection of 24th and Harrison Streets in Oakland. The garage of the defendants, Dempsey and Saunders, is located at that intersection. The plaintiff was standing on the south sidewalk of 24th Street, leaning against the bus stop sign, which was located in front of the defendant’s garage, about 100 feet from the intersection.

On the morning of April 26, the defendant, Max Wriggles-worth, an employee of Dempsey and Saunders, had begun to install seat covers in a 1950 Chrysler automobile owned by the defendant, George H. Callis, an employee of the…