Beaulieu v. City of Detroit

The forenoon of October 5, 1937, John B. Beaulieu, about 79 years of age, plaintiff’s decedent, while going from the east curb on Woodward avenue in the city of Detroit to take a southbound streetcar on that avenue, was struck by a northbound streetcar and fatally injured. He started to cross under the protection of a green light but the light changed before he reached the first rail of the northbound track and he kept on deflecting from the crosswalk in a northwesterly direction toward a safety zone, and was struck by the corner of a northbound streetcar.

This suit was brought by the special…