Koehler v. Schwartz

Opinion by

Me. Justice Musmanno,

This is an appeal from judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County entered upon a verdict for the plaintiff following a trial having to do with an accident which occurred on February 16, 1951, at the intersection of Broad and Belvidere Streets in Nazareth, when the plaintiff’s car proceeding forward with a green light in its favor was struck by the defendant’s trailer-truck which was moving against a red light.

It is the contention of the defendant C. F. Schwartz that although the driver of his trailer-truck was negligent, he is nonetheless…