Mrs. J. T. Sparkman, Petitioners v. Mary Louise Maxwell, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the driver was not negligent as a matter of law for entering the intersection on a red arrow and that the City of Wichita Falls was liable under the Texas Tort Claims Act for failing to correct the confusing traffic signal after notice; the lower courts' judgments were reversed and the case remanded for judgment in favor of the plaintiff. Justice Steakley dissented, arguing that the doctrine of negligence per se should apply.