Wilcox v. Hill

Plaintiff, Ward Wilcox, Jr., was injured when an automobile he was driving collided at an intersection with an automobile being driven by the defendant, Ted R. Hill. The intersection was controlled in one direction by a red flashing light and by a yellow flashing light in the other. Plaintiff faced the yellow light and the defendant the red. The defendant did not stop at the intersection in obedience to the flashing red light. The judge instructed the jury that the defendant had been negligent as a matter of law, but left to the jury the question whether the plaintiff was guilty of…