Byrnes v. Andrews

This appeal emanates from a suit by respondent (plaintiff) seeking damages for injuries suffered in an intersection collision between his compact automobile (a MGA convertible) and one (a Volkswagen) driven by appellant (defendant). The cause was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment favorable to respondent. Appellant, assigning error to one instruction, seeks a new trial.

The collision occurred April 30, 1962, between 7:30 and 8 a.m., at the intersection of East Marginal Way (U.S. Highway 99) and an access road leading to the Boeing Development Center in Seattle, Washington.…