Monastero v. Los Angeles Transit Co.

ASHBURN, J. pro tem. *

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant which was entered pursuant to a jury verdict. The action is for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff claims that defendant Meyette, the operator of defendant’s streetcar, negligently closed the doors on her, thus inflicting the alleged injuries. She challenges the verdict upon several grounds, one of which is insufficiency of the evidence.

The verdict being against her, appellant’s claim in this regard must be examined in the light of the settled practice of resolving all conflicts and conflicting inferences in favor of…