McAvoy v. Helms Bakeries

Plaintiff commenced this action to recover damages for injuries which she suffered when she was struck by a truck owned by defendant. By a nine to three vote the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant and plaintiff appeals from the resulting judgment.

The accident occurred at about 6 o’clock P. M. on October 31, 1938, at the intersection of Elm Drive and Pico Boulevard in the city of Los Angeles. Plaintiff was walking from north to south across Pico Boulevard on an unmarked crosswalk. The evidence as to the point at which plaintiff was struck is conflicting. Plaintiff’s evidence tended…