Burnham v. Nehren

This is an automobile-pedestrian case involving an uncontrolled intersection and a marked crosswalk. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant-driver, and the trial court granted the plaintiff-pedestrian’s motion for new trial. The defendant-driver appeals.

Around 5 p.m. on November 8, 1968, a dark and rainy evening, the pedestrian, Jeanne Burnham, left her place of employment near the Seattle Center and walked westbound on John Street towards her bus stop across Fifth Avenue North under the monorail tracks. She was familiar with the area, and this evening was wearing a dark blue raincoat…