Washington v. Pacific Electric Railway Co.

Plaintiff was awarded a judgment for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by her through the negligence of defendant. The amount which she was found entitled to recover was the sum of $4,250.

It was admitted by the answer that the collision between the car upon which plaintiff was riding at the time she was injured, and a car of the Los Angeles Railway Company, was caused by the negligence of defendant. The issues, therefore, left for the jury to determine were: 1st. What injuries, if any, were sustained by the plaintiff? and 2d. What amount of money would justly compensate her therefor? Defendant presented to the trial court a motion for a new trial and appealed from the order denying such motion, and also from the judgment entered against it.

The giving of certain instructions, and the refusal of the court to give others offered by the defendant, are assigned as errors.

It was alleged in the complaint that at the time she suffered the injuries complained of the plaintiff was a practicing physician; that by reason of her injuries she had been unable to follow her profession since the accident, and in that respect was damaged in the sum of $600. Damages…