Biggar v. Carney

Plaintiff, a pedestrian, sustained personal injuries when she was struck by a ear driven by the defendant. The matter was heard by a jury which found in plaintiff’s favor. This appeal is from the judgment entered on the verdict and from the denial of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The accident occurred on the evening of May 24, 1957, at approximately 9:30 o ’clock as the plaintiff was crossing Wilshire Boulevard near Westwood Village in a northerly direction between crosswalks. Wilshire at that point runs roughly east and west, being marked at the time in question by…