Kneeshaw v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff Thomas J. Kneeshaw wa.s injured when a tractor and trailer truck driven by him collided with a streetcar of defendant city of Detroit, operated by defendant Walter Manning.

Kneeshaw was proceeding southerly in the middle lane of traffic on Woodward avenue. The visibility was clear and the pavement dry. The streetcar had stopped to discharge passengers at the west side of Woodward on Baltimore. Manning’s view was unobstructed and he observed the truck and other through traffic on Woodward. When Kneeshaw was not over 100 feet north of Baltimore, Manning sound*261ed Ms gong and proceeded to…