REID v. THRAMS


35 Wis.2d 615 (1967)

REID and another, Respondents, v. THRAMS and another, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

For the respondents there was a brief by Heide, Sheldon, Hartley & Thom of Kenosha, and oral argument by William A. Sheldon.


BEILFUSS, J.

The issue is: Does the credible evidence support an inference that the appellant, Herta Thrams, was negligent?

The defendants concede that the operation of a motor vehicle on the wrong side of a highway gives rise to an inference of negligence. They contend, however, that the law recognizes that the skidding of a vehicle may be the result of nonnegligent causes and where, as here, the skidding commenced in Mrs. Thrams' proper lane of traffic the...

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