Westergaard

This is an action for the recovery of damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff Henriette Nelson. It was tried by a jury. Defendants are sued as joint tort-feasors. Judgment went for plaintiffs against defendant Westergaard alone and he appeals..

Mrs. Nelson was riding in a sedan automobile with Westergaard, as his guest. Westergaard was at the steering-wheel and operated the car. Mrs. Nelson sat beside him, while the father of Westergaard occupied the rear seat. The car was proceeding eastward along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles until it reached Highland Avenue, a thoroughfare which intersects Wilshire, at which point occurred the catastrophe out of which the action arises. There is a “jog” in Highland at the place where it intersects Wilshire. Coming into Wilshire from the southward at a certain point, Highland leaves that boulevard on the north at some little distance westward from the location of its southern entry into it. As the Westergaard car neared the intersection from the westward, respondent Dryden approached Wilshire from the southward, also in a sedan car, coming along Highland, his purpose being to enter into Wilshire, make the left turn necessary to…