Dawson v. Lalanne

Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was crossing La Salle Street in Culver City when he was struck by an automobile driven by defendant. He brought this action for damages claiming negligence on the part of defendant. From a judgment in defendant’s favor entered upon the return of a jury’s verdict he prosecutes this appeal.

Plaintiff complains of the ruling of the trial court in refusing to give to the jury an instruction in the following language: “You are instructed that the plaintiff and the defendant were both chargeable only with the exercise of ordinary care, but a greater amount of such care was…