Russell v. Lawless

DAVIS, Commissioner.

On March 16, 1969, at about 4 p. m. while appellee Anna Lawless, age 85, was walking in a marked crosswalk across Second Street from east to west on the north side of St. Catherine Street, she was struck by a boat being towed by a car driven by appellant Frank L. Russell, Jr., as he was negotiating a right turn from St. Catherine Street to proceed north-wardly on Second Street. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of Mrs. Lawless, and the jury awarded her $25,000. Russell attacks the judgment asserting that a directed verdict should have been given in his behalf, or…