Martin v. Nelson

This is an appeal in a personal injury action from a judgment after a jury verdict. In his opening brief plaintiff states that the two errors claimed on appeal are based exclusively on instructions to the jury.

On the evening of the accident plaintiff was driving an automobile westward on the upper deck of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which has six vehicle lanes. He was driving in the inner lane for westbound traffic. Defendant driver was proceeding in the opposite direction, in the inner lane for eastbound traffic. Plaintiff testified that he was driving at a speed of approximately…