NISHIHAMA v. CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

No. A092274.

112 Cal.Rptr.2d 861 (2001)

93 Cal.App.4th 298

Karen NISHIHAMA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

October 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Mark Fong, San Francisco, Robert A. Harlem, Inc. & Associates, Bryce C. Anderson, Clayton, Law Office of Bryce C. Anderson, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Louise H. Renne, City Attorney, Joanne Hoeper, Chief Trial Attorney, Joshua N. Sondheimer, David B. Newdorf, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.


STEIN, Acting P.J.

A jury awarded $99,064 to plaintiff Karen Nishihama for injuries sustained when she tripped and fell in a crosswalk maintained by the City and County of San Francisco (City). The City appeals from a judgment entered on the jury's verdict, and from denials by operation of law of the City's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. We reject the City's claims that the verdict was tainted by evidentiary and instructional...

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