Mentel v. Monroe Public Schools

Plaintiff was operating her automobile as a part of a funeral procession when she sustained injuries as a result of a collision with defendant’s bus. The procession was proceeding from a funeral home to a church at the time of the accident; from the church, they were to proceed to a cemetery. The first several vehicles of the procession entered an intersection on a green light; plaintiff entered the intersection on a red light and struck defendant’s bus. Plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s grant of a directed verdict on behalf of the defendant.

The trial court based its directed verdict…