Redick v. Peterson

Citations

• 99 Wash. 368
• 169 P. 804

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations—Use of Streets—Crossings—Contributory Negligence. It is not, as a matter of law, contributory negligence upon the part of a pedestrian, struck at a street crossing by a jitney, to fail to look a second time, after looking once along a street and in other necessary directions.</p> <p>Same — Use of Streets — Trial—Findings—Contributory Negligence. A finding that plaintiff’s injuries were due solely to the negligence of the driver of a jitney bus, negatives contributory neg- . ligence.</p> <p>Damages—-Personal Injuries—Evidence. In an action for damages from “extreme nervousness” as the result of an injury by a jitney bus, evidence of a fear of automobiles is admissible on the question of damages.</p> <p>Costs—On Appeal—Inadvertence. Where judgment was entered against a party by inadvertence and the error might have been corrected below and no separate appearance was made, on appeal no costs will be allowed against such party.</p>