Greene v. Helms

Quidlian, Judge.

The single question for our determination is whether the evidence demanded a finding for the defendant in that the plaintiff failed, as a matter of law, to exercise ordinary care for his own safety.

The basic facts relative to this case are: the plaintiff was crossing Ponce de Leon Avenue in front of the Sears Roebuck store on July 13, 1961; Ponce de Leon at this point runs east and west and has three lanes of travel for automobile traffic in *449each direction; the plaintiff was crossing from south to north and had traveled across five of the lanes and was in the process of…