Fletcher
Fletcher v. Lloyd
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Sturtevant, J.
The plaintiff commenced an action against the defendants to recover a judgment compensating her for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The defendants answered and a trial was had before the trial judge sitting without a jury. The trial court made findings against one of the defendants and in favor of the other defendants. The plaintiff appealed from the judgment in favor of the defendants Charles Lloyd and H. J. Eumsey. The defendant W. F. Lloyd has appealed from the judgment in favor of the plaintiff, but on application of the parties the appeal of W. F. Lloyd has been dismissed.
On the afternoon of the nineteenth day of August, 1920, the plaintiff stood on the south side of West Sixth Street near the southeast corner of that street and Park View Street, Los Angeles. While standing there she was struck and injured by an automobile approaching from the west. In her complaint, acting upon the theory that the accident to her arose by reason of a negligent collision of two or more automobiles in the street, the plaintiff included as defendants W. F. Lloyd, the owner and driver of the automobile that actually struck her, II. J. Eumsey, the driver of the other…