Werlein v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co.

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.

We will first consider the issue of defendant’s liability at common law. The degree of care imposed upon common carriers of passengers at common law is well stated in the opinion of this court by Mr. Justice Owen in Ormond v.…