Zawada v. Anderson

This is a car-pedestrian accident occurring at 6:30 p.m., August 7, 1963, in the east crosswalk of the intersection of St. Mary’s Avenue and Park Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska. Plaintiff recovered a jury verdict and judgment of $18,867. Defendants appeal.

Defendants’ first contention is that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. In resolving this question plaintiff is entitled to have all conflicts in the evidence and reasonable inferences resolved in his favor. St. Mary’s Avenue, 50 feet wide, is a westbound, four-lane, one-way street with a pedestrian crosswalk…