THIRLBY v. MANDELOFF

Docket No. 26, Calendar No. 47,707.

352 Mich. 501 (1958)

90 N.W.2d 476

THIRLBY v. MANDELOFF.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Running, for plaintiffs.

Murchie, Calcutt & Brown, for defendant.


VOELKER, J.

On August 30, 1952, a professional itinerant auto racer named Haukedahl was severely injured on the race track at the Traverse City fair-grounds while participating as a driver in an auto race put on by the defendant, an impresario of this amiable form of public suicide who hailed from Florida. Haukedahl's left arm was almost torn off at the shoulder; he was taken to the plaintiff hospital and given emergency...

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