Shields v. Utah Light & Traction Co.

This is an appeal from a money judgment in a damage action resulting from a traffic accident which caused death.

The accident took place on one of the main thoroughfares of Salt Lake City. The hour was 6:30 a.m., the weather fair, the streets dry, and only the two vehicles which collided were in the vicinity. The deceased was traveling west on his motorcycle at about 30 or 35 miles per hour. The bus was moving eastward at approximately 15 miles per hour. Both vehicles approached a semaphore controlled intersection showing "go" at about the same moment. The collision took place over on the…