Sheppard v. City of Los Angeles

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries caused by the negligent operation of the city’s fire fighting equipment and alleged dangerous and defective condition of public property. A jury returned a verdict against her. She has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

In seeking a reversal plaintiff contends that the court prejudicially erred in instructing the jury on (1) assumption of risk, (2) “to look is to see,” and (3) unavoidable accident.

At the time of the incidents here involved, the evening of January 15, 1956, plaintiff had resided at 3835 Lincoln High Place, in Los…