Donaldson v. Manzella

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Herman Donaldson, age 46, died from injuries sustained when a taxicab was negligently caused to collide with his automobile, and a jury has awarded his widow, Ida A. Donaldson, $25,000 for his wrongful death. The following facts and succession of events, the sequence of their proof and the use made of them by the parties precisely point up the essential problems presented by the appeal of the taxicab company.

The intercity viaduct between Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas, is a four-lane trafficway with a six-inch concrete medial strip separating the lanes…