Schmitt v. Henderson
California Supreme Court
Robert N. Beechinor for Plaintiff and Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In this personal injury action plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant entered on a jury verdict. We have concluded that the evidence establishes defendant’s negligence as a matter of law and is insufficient to support a finding of contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff. The judgment must therefore be reversed.
Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was struck and injured by an automobile driven by defendant at the intersection of Larkin and O’Farrell Streets in San Francisco. Larkin is a one-way street northbound, three lanes wide; O’Farrell is a one-way street eastbound,…
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