Bilyeu v. Standard Freight Lines

This appeal involves an attack upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment. The case was tried by the court without a jury. The facts will be stated in accord with the governing rule on appeal which assumes that the trial court resolved all conflicts and drew all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiff. (Thomas v. Hunt Mfg. Corp., 42 Cal.2d 734, 736 [269 P.2d 12] ; Richter v. Walker, 36 Cal.2d 634, 640 [226 P.2d 593].)

On the night of December 2, 1957, at about 11:15 o’clock, the defendant Sousamian, as an employee of the defendant Standard Freight Lines, while driving…