Smith v. City & County of San Francisco

Plaintiff sued for personal injuries caused 'by a collision with a municipal bus operated by defendant. The verdict was for defendant and plaintiff appeals.

The accident happened at about 6 p. m. of a dark night and during a heavy rain. Plaintiff had stood under a shelter at the northwest corner of Post and Larkin Streets in San Francisco before crossing Post Street in a southerly direction. When the automatic signal turned green in his favor he speeded to the curb and walked rapidly into the pedestrian crosswalk. He was there struck by the middle or right side of the very slowly moving bus at…