Jerdal v. Sinclair

This is an action for personal injuries to a pedestrian who was struck by an automobile about five oclock p. m., on January 4, 1957. The defendant driver, R. T. Sinclair, is the minor son of defendants Robert B. Sinclair and Helen E. Sinclair, who are joined as defendants under the family-car doctrine. It was dark and cloudy, but the pavement was dry, when the son, alone in the car, entered North 26th street from a service station one block west of the scene of the accident. He turned left and proceeded east to Mason avenue on the south side of North 26th street at a speed of fifteen to twenty miles an hour. The plaintiff was crossing from the southwest corner to the northwest corner of North 26th street at its intersection with Mason avenue. He was struck by the extreme left side of the automobiles front bumper.