Smarinsky v. Markowitz

Plaintiff’s decedent, Joseph Smarinsky, while crossing at a street intersection in the city of Detroit, was fatally injured by an automobile driven by'defendant. Traffic at the intersection was regulated- by lights. The accident was in a business district where speed of an automobile was limited to 15 miles per hour. The accident was late in the evening but the intersection was well lighted. Plaintiff’s decedent started to cross the street with the traffic light in his favor and against defendant’s crossing but, while in the act of crossing, the light changed, and defendant drove on and his…