WERLEIN v. MILWAUKEE


267 Wis. 392 (1954)

WERLEIN, Respondent, vs. MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC RAILWAY & TRANSPORT COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Shaw, Muskat & Paulsen, attorneys, and John F. Zimmermann of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Zimmermann.

For the respondent there was a brief by Henry L. Arnold, attorney, and Eisenberg, Kletzke, Ratzel & Yockey of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Arnold and Mr. Sydney M. Eisenberg.


CURRIE, J.

The only claim of negligence asserted by plaintiff against the defendant was the latter's failure to equip the trackless trolley bus with windows of safety glass instead of plate glass. It is the contention of the defendant that there was no duty imposed upon it to equip the windows of its trackless trolley bus with safety glass either at common law or by statute.

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