AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Civil Liability of Law Enforcement Agencies
& Personnel
Negligence: Traffic Signals
Jury awards $161 million against city to vehicle passenger rendered quadriplegic in accident resulting from defective traffic light giving the drivers of two cars approaching intersection from different directions the belief that they both had the right of way Waldorf v. Shuta, 84- 3885 U.S. Dist. Ct. (D.N.J. 1992), reported in Natl. Law Jour. p. S13 (Jan 25, 1993).