O'Brien v. Edens

Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by reason of alleged negligence of the defendant. Judgment was entered in accordance with a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000. Defendant appeals from the judgment.

While appellant and respondent were returning from Los Angeles to Long Beach in a Cadillac automobile driven and operated by appellant, mechanical trouble developed in the car. Edens drove the ear to the side of the road and asked O’Brien to go to a service station, which was about two hundred yards away, and get a mechanic to repair the car. After examining the…