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THURN v. LA CROSSE LIQUOR CO.

258 Wis. 448 (1951)

THURN, Plaintiff, vs. LA CROSSE LIQUOR COMPANY and others, Defendants. [Two appeals.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

February 6, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff there were briefs by Dennis B. Danielson of Eau Claire, and Hale, Skemp, Nietsch, Hanson & Schnurrer of La Crosse, and oral argument by Mr. Quincy H. Hale and Mr. Danielson.

For the defendants La Crosse Liquor Company and Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company there was a brief by Toebaas, Hart, Kraege & Jackman of Madison, and oral argument by W. L. Jackman.

For the defendant New York Casualty Company there were briefs by Johns, Roraff, Coleman & Pappas of La Crosse, and oral argument by Peter Pappas.

Carl Neprud Otjen of Milwaukee, for the impleaded defendant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

HUGHES, J.

The plaintiff testified that the highway was icy and that he observed Martindale approaching from the opposite direction at a high rate of speed; that he pulled his car onto the shoulder of the road and had virtually stopped when the accident occurred; that the Martindale car went into a skid and struck plaintiff's car with great force, causing serious injury to plaintiff. This was sufficient to warrant the jury in finding that Martindale was negligent...

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