Kuhn v. City & County of San Francisco

Negligence—Personal Injuries. The sole question involved in this appeal is whether or not plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. There was evidence to show that on November 14, 1931, at *642about 5:30 P. M., respondent, a woman some sixty-one years of age, was proceeding westerly on the northerly side of Broadway in San Francisco. It was dark and a heavy rain was falling. When she reached the curb at Van Ness Avenue the traffic signal was against her. She waited until the traffic light turned green in her favor before stepping from the curb. She noticed that certain…