Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-27 | Page 14 | City Wins Suit in Zone Crash

W Wr I- I r CITY WINS SUIT IN ZONE CRASH I y M il City attorneys attorneys' F Friday iday ha had l won f f their victory tory in n a series serl s of damage datri ge suits sult pending against v Salt Lake City in connection with traffic accidents arising out of automobile au au- au- au Jom collisions with safety zones District Judge P P. C. C Evans ordered a a directed verdict in favor of the cit city y In the action brought by William P po Sturgis injured when the car he e drove on June 16 1933 o crashed rashed into a R zone abutment at Broadway and State street I The Tl e judge held safety zones do not constitute traffic tr menaces terminating terminating term 1 the trial which which- had been in ini i progress for more than a a week Judge Oscar W. W McConkie McConkle gave a ruling several months ago Mr Sturgis alleged the zone h had d been negligently constructed and maintained citing it if had no no warning warning warn warn- warn warn- ing lights at the time his car crashed j into it at 1 30 a. a m. m on the above date r t Three other damage suits are pending ending against the city cUy in c ion with the same accident Sturgis' Sturgis attorneys have not yet decided de de- d whether they will appeal l from th the district court decision