Lyle
Lyle v. Seller
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Tyler, J.
Action for damages in the sum of $1,008.75, claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff as the result of an automobile collision brought about through the negligence of defendant Mrs. A. Seller. The amount sued for is composed of the following items: $234.05, cost of making repairs to plaintiff’s automobile; $487 for deprivation of its use while undergoing such repairs, and the sum of $80 paid as wages by plaintiff to a chauffeur regularly employed by her to drive her said car.
At the trial it was shown in evidence that plaintiff is a regularly licensed and practicing physician and surgeon engaged in the practice of her profession in ‘San Francisco, in the carrying on of which she requires the constant use of an automobile. ' It was admitted by said defendant, that the collision occurred solely through her negligence, and that the sum of $234.05 was actually paid for repairs necessitated by the collision, and that she is liable for said amount, her objections being directed to other items of damage included in the judgment against her. In this behalf it appeared from the evidence'that the repairs to plaintiff’s car included the installation of a new radiator, that part of her…