City of Lubbock v. Onley

The plaintiff Onley, riding- a motorcycle, was struck by a car driven by the defendant Bowen at a street intersection in the City of Lubbock, Texas. The city was brought in as a defendant upon the ground that the accident was caused, at least in part, by the negligence of a city employee. The employee was a member of a maintenance crew working at the intersection where the accident occurred. It is alleged that he was negligent in directing, or attempting to direct, traffic at the intersection at which there were also traffic signal lights.

The points before us deal mainly with the adequacy of…