Hoffman

Hoffman v. McNamara

Good Law
102 Cal. App. 280·1929 Cal. App. LEXIS 76·282 P. 990
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 3, 1929Docket No. 7115.California1,444 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Dooling, J.

Appeal from a judgment for plaintiff against appellant, entered pursuant to the verdict of a jury, for damages received by plaintiff in a collision between a laundry truck driven by him and an automobile driven by appellant.

At the place of collision the main coast highway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara runs approximately east and west and is crossed practically at a right angle by another public highway called Butterfly Lane.

Plaintiff and respondent on the morning of the collision was driving westerly on the coast highway and defendant and appellant drove northerly on Butterfly Lane and made a left-hand turn on to the coast highway. The two machines collided at a point on the coast highway about thirty feet westerly from the westerly line of Butterfly Lane projected across the coast highway.

Appellant contends: 1. That the trial court erred in denying her motion for a nonsuit; 2. That the trial court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict; 3. That the verdict of the jury is not supported by the evidence and is against law; and 4. That the trial court erred in refusing to give two instructions proposed by appellant.

The first three points may be…

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