Mastro
Mastro v. City of San Diego
Opinion
Opinion
Barnard, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff was injured about six o’clock P. M. on November 24, 1933, as she was standing on the sidewalk at or near the intersection of Market Street and 33d Street, in the City of San Diego. The accident occurred when a police ambulance, which was being driven north of 33d Street, collided with an automobile which was being driven east on Market Street, as a result of which the private automobile ran over the curb and struck the plaintiff. Shortly before the accident the ambulance was driven out Market Street in an easterly direction and turned south on 33d Street. The driver found. 33d Street closed at a point two blocks south of Market Street and, turning around, returned to Market with the intention of proceeding thereon to another street which was open. Market Street was protected with boulevard stop signs and the intersec tion in question was an obstructed corner within the meaning of the California Vehicle Act. There is evidence that the driver of the ambulance, as he turned into Market Street from 33d Street, failed to stop at the stop sign, that he cut the corner, that he was traveling at a speed of thirty-five miles…