Csircsu v. Muir

On the night of October 6, 1940, Emma Csircsu, plaintiff, hired a Checker taxicab, being operated at the time by William W. Davis, at the Michigan Central Railroad station, Detroit, Michigan, to transport her to her home in the southwestern part of the city. As taxicabs and other vehicles emerge from the ramp along the westerly side of the station, they enter an open space before reaching Yernor highway, amain thoroughfare and a stop street. Weather conditions that night were very bad and visibility poor, owing to an extremely heavy downpour of rain. Davis drove the car into Yernor highway…