NOVAK v. DEWAR

Docket No. L.A. 26237.

55 Cal.2d 749 (1961)

361 P.2d 709

13 Cal. Rptr. 101

NORA NOVAK, Appellant, v. GLEN HUDSON DEWAR, SR., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cooney & Cooney and Matt D. Cooney for Appellant.

Sheridan, Orr, Barnes, Duval & Benton and Edwin Duval for Respondent.


DOOLING, J.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment entered upon a jury verdict in her action for damages for personal injuries suffered when she, a pedestrian, was struck by defendant's car in a marked crosswalk. She properly maintains that the evidence establishes negligence as a matter of law on the part of defendant and is insufficient to support a finding of contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff; and the judgment must therefore be reversed.

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