Hess v. Robinson

LARSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal from the District Court of Salt Lake County presents a single question: Was the negligence of the plaintiff, as a matter of law, a proximate cause of the accident?

On April 6, 1944, an automobile used by defendants as an ambulance collided with a truck driven by plaintiff at the intersection of Grant Avenue and 31st Street in Ogden City, Utah. About 11:30 a. m., plaintiff was driving at 15 miles per hour southward on Grant Avenue, described as a “through street,” “stop street,” or “arterial highway;” that is, there were “stop signs” against traffic entering…