Evers
Evers v. Stratton
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Houser, J.
Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant in an action for damages for personal injuries, and defendant appeals.
Practically the only uncontroverted fact in the case is that plaintiff was struck by defendant’s automobile at a street intersection in the city of Los Angeles. Sufficient evidence, however, was introduced on the trial from which the judge was justified in concluding that the following were the circumstances surrounding the happening of the accident from which plaintiff sustained the injuries of which she complains: At an intersection of two streets plaintiff wished to cross one of such streets upon which there was heavy automobile traffic as well as considerable traffic by street-cars. Just before plaintiff attempted to make the crossing, a street-car stopped for the discharge of passengers on the side of the street nearer to plaintiff. Thereupon several automobiles, which were traveling two or three abreast in the same direction as was the street-car, stopped in the rear of the street-car. Either immediately before or immediately after the street-ear had thus stopped, plaintiff either walked rapidly or ran into the street at a point near the front end of the…