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RASMUSSEN v. MILWAUKEE E. R. & T. CO.

261 Wis. 579 (1952)

RASMUSSEN, Respondent, vs. MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & TRANSPORT COMPANY and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 7, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Shaw, Muskat & Paulsen of Milwaukee, for the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Company, and by D. J. Regan of Milwaukee, for the Checker Cab Company, and oral argument by Mr. Regan and by Mr. Van B. Wake of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there were briefs by Quarles, Spence & Quarles, attorneys, and Kenneth P. Grubb and Edmund W. Powell of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Powell.

BROADFOOT, J.

At the time of the accident on July 3, 1947, the plaintiff was seated in the rear seat of the cab, which was struck in the back by the streetcar with such force that the rear of the cab was pushed in eighteen inches to two feet. The plaintiff was thrown about in the cab and was rendered unconscious. Between the date of the accident and the date of the trial in May, 1950, the plaintiff was treated by a number...

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