Rose v. Carter

This is an appeal from an order granting plaintiffs a new trial after judgment entered on the verdict of the jury in favor of defendant.

Plaintiff Ferol Rose, at about 11:00 o’clock P. M., on the night of April 16, 1936, undertook to cross La Brea Avenue from west to east at a point just north of First Street in Los Angeles. She was struck by an automobile driven by defendant traveling north on La Brea at a point on the east side of La Brea about midway between the center line and the curbstone.

In an action for damages the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. A motion for a new…