Press v. Lyford

Opinion

KAUS, P. J.

Plaintiff 1 and appellant Anne Press was injured when struck by a motorboat operated by defendant and respondent Reid Lyford. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment, after a jury verdict, in favor of defendant, and from the trial court’s order denying her motion for judgment n.o.v.

Facts

The accident occurred on Lake Arrowhead in August 1968. Defendant was operating his motorboat; his children and some friends were passengers, his son was waterskiing. Plaintiff too was waterskiing, pulled by a friend’s motorboat on an easterly course. Defendant first observed plaintiff at a…