Spencer

From the record herein it appears that in response to an “emergency call” plaintiffs, who were police officers, were riding over and upon certain streets in the city of Los Angeles on a motorcycle which was being operated by plaintiff Delgado in the general direction toward the scene of an accident which theretofore had occurred. According to the testimony of one of the plaintiffs, the purpose of such “emergency call” was that of “investigating the facts of the accident . . . and to render all the aid possible”. Before reaching the intersection of certain streets the said motorcycle was traveling at the rate of thirty-seven miles per hour, but on entering the said intersection the speed of the motorcycle was reduced to a rate of twenty to twenty-five miles per hour, at which speed it collided with an automobile which at said time and place was operated by defendant Schiffman. As a result of said collision each of the plaintiffs sustained certain physical

injuries for which, by appropriate action, he sought to recover damages from defendant. For the purposes of the trial such actions were “consolidated”, and the evidence introduced in the one case was made applicable to the other.…