Long v. Mercer

ROVER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict of $1,500 against defendants for personal injuries sustained when she was struck by a taxicab operated by defendant Long. The accident occurred on September 6, 1955, at about 8 o’clock in the evening when plaintiff was crossing Pennsylvania Avenue at its intersection with Tenth Street, N.W., in this city. According to the plaintiff’s testimony, she and two companions had started walking from north to south in the east crosswalk while the traffic light controlling their passage was.green. The light changed to amber when they reached the…