Wigton v. Gordon

Esther M. Wigton had just been to the beauty parlor. She decided to cross Edmonds Way,1 a 40-foot-wide, 2-lane highway, on foot to return to her apartment located on the other side of the road. She almost made it too, but she did not see Charles Gordon’s approaching automobile. When Esther Wigton was only about 10 *649feet from the easterly curb line, she 'and the defendant Gordon’s vehicle collided. The defendant testified he was traveling about 30 to 35 miles per hour when he first saw her approximately 100 feet away. He said that as soon as he noticed her, “I threw my arm over to stop my wife…