Evans v. Pickett

McFARLAND, Vice Chief Justice:

Plaintiffs, Carl and Mary Evans, have appealed from a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Frances Pickett, in an automobile accident case. Mary was injured in the accident while a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Carl. On this appeal the only questions raised are directed to the propriety of the instructions given by the trial judge.

Plaintiffs were traveling west on Indian School Road in Phoenix at thirty-five to forty miles per hour — a speed less than the posted limit. As they approached the intersection of 48th Street they could see a…