Ortega v. Johnson

This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident.

The defendant’s answer, so far as her material, alleged a general denial and contributory negligence.

The court found for the plaintiff in the sum of $2035.00.

The plaintiff testified that:

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 25, 1969, he was going home from work. He was walking on the sidewalk, proceeding in a generally northerly direction along Main Street in Springfield. While walking in front of the New North Shopping Plaza and when he was half way across a drive-way leading into the…