Jasper v. City and County of Denver

The facts are undisputed. Plaintiff, age sixty-four, at about 7:30 oclock A.M. on March 19, 1957, was proceeding west on the sidewalk on the north side of 18th Avenue; as she reached Grant Street, preparatory to crossing the same she looked to see if a bus was in sight, observed that the signal light was green. She then stepped off the curb and into the crosswalk where she fell and suffered injuries, for which she sought recovery and for which the jury by its verdict awarded her the sum of $5,061.00.