Handley

Respondent is a small child who was injured in an automobile accident. She was traveling in a car driven by her father, when it collided with one driven by defendant. Prom the judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendant appeals.

The facts of the case are quite unusual. A caravan of automobiles—so it is called in the briefs—was in procession from Maywood to San Diego, the cars being occupied by members of several branches of a well-known fraternal organization, together with their families. The procession consisted of about 150 cars, with appropriate spaces between them. Mr. Handley was a member of the Maywood branch of the order, which headed the caravan, Handley’s ear being within a few cars of the head of the procession when it departed from Maywood. The caravan was to proceed through Long Beach, and when the Handley car was within a little less than a mile of the intersection of American Avenue and Wardlow Road, in that city, Handley had some trouble with it and was compelled to pull into the curb on American to rectify the difficulty. In this work he was aided by Officer Nelson of the Maywood police, who, together with other police, was convoying the caravan on its trip. The…