Sheehy v. Murphy

JENNINGS, Justice.

Martha Sheehy (plaintiff) sued for injuries sustained when struck by an auto mobile driven by Michael Murphy (defendant). A verdict was returned for the defendant. The plaintiff’s motion for new trial was denied and she appeals.

The accident occurred at about 9:40 p. m. December 22, 1955 on north Central Avenue in Phoenix. About two hundred feet north of Indianola the plaintiff started walking east across Central Avenue. There was no pedestrian crosswalk at this point. The street was well-lighted and made up of four lanes of traffic — two southbound and two northbound.

When…