Reese ex rel. Reese v. Proctor

GOULD, District Judge:

The defendant appeals from an adverse verdict of the jury in an action growing out of an automobile-bicyclist collision at the intersection of DeVille Drive and 7000 South Street in Salt Lake County. 7000 South Street is a through east-west street. DeVille Drive joins 7000 South Street from the south and forms a “T” intersection.

The plaintiff, a 15-year-old retarded boy, approached 7000 South Street in a northerly, direction along DeVille Drive. It is conceded that plaintiff failed to stop for the stop sign on the south side of 7000 South Street. The defendant was…