Nichols v. Bresnahan

About 1:30 A.M., June 15, 1944, the appellant, Pauline Nichols, left her employment at the Fairgrounds Hotel and started walking across Natural Bridge Avenue, intending to board a bus on the north side of the street. The defendant, Bresnahan, driving his Chrysler automobile from the east, hit her when she was near the white center line of the street. Upon a second trial for damages for her resulting injuries a jury found for the defendant.

The plaintiff alleged in her petition that she was struck and injured "through the willfulness and wanton recklessness of defendant." The willful and wanton…