White v. McAllister

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellant plaintiff, a pedestrian, was injured when struck on a street in St. Matthews by an automobile driven by appellee defendant June McAllister. The issue of liability hinged on whether plaintiff, when attempting to cross the street, was within a “marked” crosswalk. At the conclusion of all the evidence the circuit court directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that as a matter of law no marked crosswalk existed at the place of the accident.

Plaintiff was attempting to cross Frankfort Avenue, a heavily traveled thoroughfare in a business district, about midway…