Annoni v. Henson

Plaintiff was driving his pickup truck west on Eight Mile road, a divided highway, on Detroit’s northern boundary. He made a left turn at Greeley and while proceeding across the eastbound section of Eight Mile road was struck by the eastbound car of the defendant Henson.1

There was substantial evidence to support a finding that the Henson car was engaged in a race with the car of the defendants Mohney.2 An apparently disinterested witness estimated the speed of the defendants’ vehicles to be between 70 and 75 miles per hour when they were just two short city blocks3 away from the accident,…