Tossman v. Newman

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant in an action for personal injuries resulting from a collision between plaintiff’s motorcycle and defendant’s automobile. He contends that the evidence does not support the verdict and that the court erred in giving instructions and in limiting the scope of cross-examination.

The collision occurred May 3, 1948, during daylight in clear weather on Sunset Boulevard, which, at that point, is an east-west, two-lane open highway in Los Angeles County and is intersected from the south by a private road which leads to a number of homes located in a small…