Pitcher v. Schoch

Respondent, plaintiff below, recovered judgment for $18,000 against appellant, defendant below, as damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff as a result of being struck by an automobile driven by defendant. The appeal presents questions as to submissibility of the case on both primary negligence and negligence under the humanitarian doctrine and as to certain instructions, also some questions as to rulings on evidence and a question as to excessiveness of the verdict.

The accident occurred between eleven o'clock and midnight, December 27, 1936, on a street of the City of Brookfield…