BIELSKI v. SCHULZE


16 Wis.2d 1 (1962)

BIELSKI and wife, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SCHULZE and another, Defendants and Respondents: MUTUAL SERVICE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Impleaded Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 6, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Vaudreuil & Vaudreuil of Kenosha, and oral argument by Leo E. Vaudreuil.

For the respondents there were briefs by Bender, Trump, Davidson & Godfrey, attorneys, and Kneeland A. Godfrey of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Kneeland A. Godfrey.

Briefs amici curiae were filed by the La Crosse County Bar Association and by Irving D. Gaines, Albert J. Goldberg, Robert L. Habush, and Arlo A. McKinnon, all of Milwaukee.


HALLOWS, J.

Appellant argues the court should have found the defendant Schulze grossly negligent as a matter of law and denied his insurer contribution. The accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 50 and County Trunk Highway HH in Kenosha county, on July 17, 1959, at about 4 p. m. Prior to the accident Carl Bielski, with his wife Elnora in the front seat and their two children in the back seat, was driving his car in an easterly direction on Highway 50 just...

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