Evans v. General Telephone Co. of the Northwest, Inc.

This is an action for personal injuries. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff against both defendants, and the defendants appeal from the judgment.

The defendant General Telephone Company assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to grant a motion for a judgment of involuntary nonsuit and a motion for a directed verdict.

At the time of the accident, plaintiff was seated in a parked automobile on the street in Langlois, a small community in southwestern Oregon. Highway 101, a two-lane highway, runs generally north and south through the town. An employee of the defendant telephone…