Bickford v. Mauser

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants based on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile collision between a Plymouth coupe driven by plaintiff, Harold Fremont Bickford, 23 years old, and a Pontiac sedan driven by the defendant Roy Kent Mauser, 18 years old, whose father was joined as a party defendant pursuant to the provisions of the California Vehicle Code.

The pleadings raised the issues of the negligent operation of both cars, but at the commencement of the trial counsel for defendants, in his opening statement to the…