Winslow v. Glendale Light & Power Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, and from an order denying a new trial. W. P. James, Judge. The facts are correctly stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtTaggart, J.
Action for damages for personal injury. Plaintiff, who was seventy-six years of age at the time of the injury complained of, was walking along the sidewalk of a street in the city of Glendale, and her feet becoming entangled with a wire stretched across the sidewalk, she tripped and fell upon the pavement, dislocating her knee, spraining her wrist, and bruising her face, shoulder, leg and ankle, rendering her generally lame and crippled. The jury rendered a verdict in her favor against the defendant for the sum of $2,000, upon which verdict judgment was entered.
Defendant appeals from the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Plyer v. Pac. Portland Cement Co.California Supreme Court · 1907
3Cited by3 opinions
- Borowsky v. Honolulu Rapid Transit Co.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1926
- Winslow v. Glendale Light & Power Co.California Supreme Court · 1913
- Rousseau v. HurtadoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954