Ertzbischoff v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““So far as the absence of a lighted headlight on the bicycle is concerned, the violation of 1 Comp. Laws 1929, § 4736, as amended by Act No. 64, Pub. Acts 1931 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1935, § 4736, Stat. Ann. § 9.1604), hereinafter quoted, would not preclude recovery unless it was a proximate cause of the accident. Beebe v. Hannett, 224 Mich. 88 , and Arvo v. Delta Hardware Co., 231 Mich. 488 . See, also, Reetz v. Schemansky, 278 Mich. 626 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Suarez v. Katon