Pearl v. Kaline

Defendant appeals from an order granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial after a jury returned a verdict in defendant’s favor in an action to recover damages for personal injuries.

The record discloses evidence from which the trial judge could have found the following facts:

On August 18, 1945, at about 12 -.30 p. m. plaintiff was on the south side of Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles. This boulevard runs in a general easterly and westerly direction. Plaintiff looked in both directions and saw an automobile driven by defendant approaching from the west approximately 276 feet from her. The car…