Legal Opinion
Topp v. Continental Insurance
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 6, 1978No. 76-018PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrahamson, J.
At approximately 9:00 p.m. on January 11, 1973, Robert Topp got out of a taxicab on West Badger Road in front of Mr. V’s tavern-restaurant. As Topp walked across the gravel shoulder of Badger Road to the blacktop parking lot in front of Mr. V’s, he apparently tripped or slipped on a ridge created by the height disparity between the edge of the blacktop parking lot and the abutting gravel strip. Topp fell to the ground, fracturing his arm.
Topp and his wife (hereinafter Topp) subsequently brought action against James Vitale, Sr. (hereinafter Vitale), owner of the property upon which Mr. V’s was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Boutin v. Cardinal Theatre Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1954
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- Wirsing v. KrzeminskiWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Fitzgerald v. Badger State Mutual Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
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