Calder v. Levi

The plaintiff was driving her automobile southwardly on Cathedral Street, Baltimore, with her mother and a friend as guests. It was about noon on Saturday, April 22nd, 1933, and travel was heavy. As she approached the intersection with Monument Street, the traffic signal showed red, and the southbound line of automobiles, in which the plaintiff was proceeding, slowed down and stopped in obedience to the signal, but the automobile immediately following the plaintiff’s automobile ran into the end of the plaintiff’s automobile. As a result of the force of the impact, the plaintiff was thrust…