Gorman v. McCleaf

Tbis is an appeal from a court-entered $26,000 judgment. Defendant LeSage oper ates a television sales and service business. Defendant McCleaf worked for Mm as a part-time service man. Calls were received at the store which McCleaf would pick up and make daily. He was paid for each call. He used his own car.

On June 20, 1957, at about 4 p.m., in downtown Flint, McCleaf drove past 3 cars which were stopped for a red light, crossed the center line of the street and proceeded through the red light at between 35 and 50 miles per hour, striking plaintiff, a pedestrian, who was lawfully on the…