Johnson v. American Family Mutual Insurance

The facts out of which this case arises are set forth in Johnson v. Heintz, 61 Wis.2d 585, 213 N.W.2d 85 (1973), and Johnson v. Heintz, 73 Wis.2d 286, 243 N.W.2d 815 (1976). The action arises out of successive auto accidents which occurred on November 20, 1964. The accidents occurred in a blizzard when the vehicle driven by Gladys Heintz, in which Emaline Johnson was a passenger, ran into the rear end of the Myrtle Bruhn car, which had stalled on the highway. While Emaline Johnson was still in the Heintz car, another collision occurred about twenty minutes later when an automobile driven by…