Johnson v. Strutzel

This is an action for damages for injuries suffered by the plaintiff while he was crossing a 4-lane street within the confines of a marked crosswalk. The trial court held the defendant was negligent as a matter of law, refused to submit to the jury a question of possible contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff, directed a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and limited jury deliberations to only the issues of damages.

In Wenatchee on a sunny afternoon in January 1974, the plaintiff-pedestrian was proceeding east across Wenatchee Avenue on the south side of Yakima Street in a marked *621…