Ducat v. Goldner

From a judgment on a verdict in favor of plaintiff in. a personal injury action defendant appeals, asserting as grounds for reversal errors in the instructions to the jury, errors in the admission of evidence, and contributory negligence of plaintiff.

Respondent was walking in a southerly direction on the west side of La Brea Avenue, in the city of Los Angeles, at about 2 o’clock in the morning. He started across Eighth Street about the middle of the crosswalk which was marked with white lines, and after taking four or five steps from the north curb line of Eighth Street was struck by…