Berk v. Blaha

On the evening of June 14, 1967, 17-year old Robert Blaha, Jr., was driving east on Maple Road. A yellow flasher controlled its intersection with Middlebelt Road. About 200 to 250 feet before coming to the intersection, the view of Middlebelt Road to the north was blocked by a church. Robert testified he was driving at 40 miles per hour, five miles below the spéed limit, as he passed the church. No obstruction to his view of Middlebelt existed from there to the intersection.

Plaintiffs were passengers in a car traveling south on Middlebelt Road. The car came through a red flasher. The Blaha…